prokaryotic

Examples

• All

• The prokaryotic world was genetically diverse, but it certainly didn't have this kind of morphological diversity in it.

• Animal or vegetable, all prokaryotic cells contained circular chromosomes, free of nuclear membranes—like bacteria, prokaryotes.

  Fiction book (1998)

• All of the rest of the cells on the planet are prokaryotic, which means before the nucleus.

• This is how you go from single cell eukaryotic to prokaryotic or the other way around.

  Chris Williamson

• But prokaryotic cells were ring-shaped as well.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Many researchers believed that prokaryotic organisms like bacteria probably did not contain clocks.

  Academic text (2005)

• Most importantly, Whittaker now accepted Copeland's earlier decision to place all prokaryotic organisms into their own kingdom.

  Academic text (2012)

• Many textbooks recognize a new kingdom for the archaea, but both the archaea and bacteria are typically discussed in the chapter devoted to prokaryotic life.

  Academic text (2012)

• As a result, Margulis and Chapman continued to argue for maintaining a prokaryotic superkingdom that includes both bacteria and archaea.

  Academic text (2012)

• Many researchers believe that prokaryotic cells, like bacteria, lack complex organelles.

Synonyms

P

procaryotic

vsprokaryotic

• Archaic

1 8.5

Having cells that do not have a membrane around their nucleus, like bacteria

is the modern standard spelling rather than the alternate historical form

Antonyms

E

eukaryotic

• Specialized

2 7.5

Cells that have a nucleus and other parts inside a membrane

How Complex

eukaryotic

• Specialized

2 7.5

prokaryotic

• Specialized

1 8.1

acellular

• Specialized

1 9.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology