Prokaryote

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 * **I am about one micrometer in diameter and I make up a good percentage of the past and present biomass of Earth.**
 * **My kind is two billion years old, so I've been around the block once or twice.**
 * **If I were put next to my counterpart, the eukaryotic cell, I would be seen as small and simple.**
 * **Generally, I have less cell structures and internal membranes than Eukaryotes. As a result of this, I have a higher ratio of surface area to volume, so I can distribute nutrients in my body by way of diffusion. Also, I have no nucleus; my genetic material is contained in an area of my cytoplasm called the nucleiod region. Another difference is that I am asexual. I copy my genetic material and make an exact replica of my DNA in order to divide and reproduce.**
 * **Bacteria are also Prokaryotes, but that doesn't mean that all Prokaryotes are bacteria.**
 * **I have no membrane bound organelles.**