Prokaryotic Cell: 18 Main Characteristics (With Diagram)
The following points highlight the eighteen important characteristics of prokaryotic cells. Characteristic # 1. Nuclear Material: DNA is naked and lies variously coiled in the cytoplasm. It is often called gonophore, nuclear body or nucleoid. It is equivalent to a single naked chromosome and is, therefore, also called prochromosome. Many prokaryotes also have additional small circular DNA entities called plasmids. [...]