Difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell

S.No.	Characteristic	Prokaryotic cell	Eukaryotic cell
1)	Size	Small (generally 1-10µm)	Large (generally 10-100µm)
2)	Cell membrane	Cell is enveloped by a rigid cell wall	Cell is enveloped by a flexible plasma membrane
3)	Sub-cellular organelles	Absent	Distinct organelles are found ( Examples – mitochondria, nucleus, lysosomes, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum)
4)	Nucleus	Not well defined; DNA is found as nucleoid, histones are absent	Nucleus is well defined, surrounded by a membrane; DNA is associated with histones
5)	Energy metabolism	Mitochondria absent, enzymes of energy metabolism bound to membrane	Enzymes of energy metabolism are located in mitochondria
6)	Cell division	Usually fission and no mitosis	Mitosis
7)	Cytoplasm	Organelles and cytoskeleton absent	Contains organelles and cytoskeleton (a network of tubules and filaments)