Prokaryote

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Prokaryote, from the Greek pro, before, and karyon, meaning nut or kernal. Prokaryotic cells are distinctively simpler than Eukaryotic cells. Prokaryotic cells lack a distinct membrane bound nucleus and lack membrane bound organelles.

Cell wall of a typical prokaryote