COLLEGE

MICROBIOLOGY &
PARASITOLOGY
 CHAPTER 2
PROKARYOTIC and
EUKARYOTIC CELLS
PROKARYOTIC CELL

- are organism that do not posses a

true nucleus and membrane-
bound organelles. (e.g., bacteria ).
- Oldest, simplest and smaller cell
- It is unicellular
- Surrounded by plasma
membrane
EUKARYOTIC CELLS

-are organism are those

that posses a true
nucleus and
membrane-bound
organelles.
 COMPARISON BETWEEN PROKARYOTES and
EUKARYOTES CELLS
- Oldest cell type
- Small and simple
- Lack of nucleus
- Lack of organelles
- Single celled
- 1 to 10 micrometer
- Evolved from
Prokaryotic
- Larger and more
complex
- Contain nucleus
- Contain organelles
- Multicellular
- 10 to 100 micrometer
 MEDICALLY
IMPORTANT
MICROORGANISM
 VIRUSES

- ARE ACELLULAR ORGANISM.

- THEIR OUTHER SURFACE IS
CALLED CAPSID, WHICH IS
COMPOSED OF RETEATING
SUBUNITS CALLED CAPSOMERES
- MUCH SMALLER THAN CELL
- HAVE GENETIC MATERIAL
- LACK OF GENES & ENZYMES
BACTERIOPHAGES

- ARE A SPECIAL OF VIRUSES

THAT PRIMARILY INFECT
BACTERIA
1. They are obligate intracellular
parasites
2. They are similarly shaped like other
viruses
3. They may also classified based on
the type of nucleic acid they posses
(RNA & DNA).
BACTERIA- ARE PROKARYOTIC
ORGANISMS THAT POSSES BOTH
DNA AND RNA. MOST POSSES A
CELL WALL COMPOSED
PREDOMINANTLY OF
PEPTIDOGLYCAN
FUNGI- ARE EUKARYOTIC
ORGANISMS WITH A CELL WALL
COMPOSED MAINLY OF CHITIN
AND CELL MEMBRANE THAT
CONTAINS ERGOSTEROL
 PROTOZOA

- THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR

PARASITE
- COME FROM THE GREEK WORD
“FIRST ANIMALS”
- OUTER LAYER CALLED “PELLICLE”
- UNICELLULAR ORGANISM
DIVIDED TO BINARY FISSION,
SIMILAR TO BACTERIA
ALGAE- ARE EUKARYOTIC,
AQUATIC, PLANT-LIKE
ORGANISMS. SIMILAR TO
PLANTS,THEY ARE
PHOTOSYNTHESIS BUT
UNLIKE PLANTS, THEY DO
NOT HAVE TRUE ROOTS,
STEMS, OR LEAVES .
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