Notes in Notebook:

Prokaryotes
Do not have a nucleus
Have DNA suspended in the cytoplasm (loose)
Are usually microscopic, single-celled organisms
Eukaryotes
Have a nucleus
DNA is inside the nucleus
May be multicellular or single-celled

Eubacteria can be found almost everywhere and kill

thousands upon thousands of people each year, but also

serve as antibiotics producers and food digesters in our

stomachs.
We use Eubacteria to produce drugs, wine, and
cheese.
Reproduce asexually, through binary fission.

Eubacteria
Have circular DNA called plasmids
Have cell walls composed of peptidoglycan
Move with the use of a flagella and/or pili
Are classified by their shape:

Examples of bacteria you may be familiar with:

Strep throat (upper respiratory tract infection).

Middle ear infections
Pneumonia (lower respiratory tract infection)
Tuberculosis (TB)
Salmonella -2nd most frequent cause of bacterial disease in
the U.S.
E.coli transmitted through contaminated hamburger meat,
fruits and vegetables.

Archaebacteria
Live in very hostile environments
May have been the earliest life forms on the planet. (Archae
= ancient)
Many are chemoautotrophs -produce their own food from
chemicals found in their environments.
Classified into four groups: methanogens, halophiles, sulfur
reducers, and thermoacidophiles.
Eukaryotes differ from prokaryotes in their
1) size
2) genetic material surrounded by a nuclear membrane,
3) and the addition of membrane bound organelles such as a
mitochondria and chloroplast.
Eukaryotes arose from prokaryotes, and developed into larger
more complex organisms. (Endosymbiosis)