Question

Bacteria live in many parts of your body, such as in your intestine and mouth. All bacterial cells are prokaryotic. What is also true about bacterial cells?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

Bacteria are organisms that belong to kingdom Monera. They also comprise of blue green bacteria. They have the following characteristics:

• They are all unicellular organisms that occur singularly or in colonies.
• They lack other cell organelles such as mitochondria and rough endoplasmic reticulum.
• They are bound by a cell wall containing mucoproteins and sugars rather than cellulose
• Some are autotrophs and heterotrophs.
• Reproduction is mostly asexual through binary fission
• Some are aerobic and others anaerobic.