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Bacterial cells are prokaryotic, which means they have DNA, but NO nucleus or membrane-bound organelles. A nucleus is a feature of a eukaryotic cell. A nucleus is DNA surrounded by a membrane;it's where the DNA is stored. DNA is basically a set of instructions read by the cell and DNA tells the cell how to function(you probably already know this though).

an organelle is a part of the cell that is contained within a membrane and sectioned off from the rest of the cell; they usually perform specific functions within the cell.

Bacterial cells are always unicellular, meaning bacteria never have more than once cell. Bacteria may group together to form colonies(safety in numbers), but they don't come together to make a larger organism.

Bacteria can multiply by undergoing a process called fission, where the DNA that freefloats in the cell makes a copy of itself and the two separate strands attach to a different part of the membrane. The membrane then divides around each strand of DNA, producing two new cells.

All other eukaryotic cells (cells with nuclei and organelles) undergo mitosis to divide.

So:

-Bacteria are always prokaryotic and are only one cell.

-Bacteria are cells that have no internal organization.

(no nucleus or organelles)

-Bacteria undergo fission when they divide.

-Bacteria are almost always smaller than a eukaryotic cell.

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