EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Bacteria are classified as prokaryotes, along with another group of single-celled organisms, the archaea. Prokaryotes are tiny, but in a very real sense, they dominate the Earth. They live nearly everywhere – on every surface, on land and in water, and even inside of our bodies.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cell types in Bacteria and Archaea are considered as “prokaryotes.” The use of the term prokaryote was first introduced as a result of electron microscope studies showing a shared simple cell structure among bacteria (Stanier & Van Niel 1962).

Detailed explanation-3: -Bacteria do not have a well-defined nucleus. It lacks cell organelles. It has single circular genetic material in which only one chromosome is present. Thus bacterial cell is considered as a prokaryotic cell.