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Do Bacteria & Archaea have a nucleus?
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Answer: No

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Both bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes.

Bacterial and archaeal cells do not have a membrane-bound nucleus. Their genetic materials (DNA) are within the cytoplasm. They also lack other membrane-bound cell organelles, including mitochondria, chloroplasts, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and Golgi apparatus. For this reason, all the biochemical reactions, as well as transcription/translation happen directly in the cytoplasm. Bacterial and archaeal cells can not grow big also due to this limitation.

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Answer: NO

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