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If bacteria do not contain a nucleus will bacteria still have DNA?

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No it wouldn’t.

Since there is no true nucleus in bacteria or prokaryotic cells, the DNA is suspended in cytoplasm or the fluid that’s filling the cell up
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Of course not the DNA is found in two basic forms: a chromosomal loop and ring-like plasmids. The chromosomal loop is literally a looping string of DNA. Since there is no true nucleus in a prokaryotic cell, the DNA is suspended in cytoplasm, or the fluid filling the cell.

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