Prokaryote VS Eukaryote Cell - stock illustration

Illustration demonstrating the main features of the prokaryotic cell (left) and a eukaryotic one. Prokaryotes include bacteria and archaea, whereas eukaryotes define everything else (animals, plants, fungi and protists). A typical eukaryotic cell is around ten times the size of the much more ancient prokaryotic ones. Both contain DNA, ribosomes, a cell membrane and cytoplasm. But apart from that their structures differ. Prokaryotic lifeforms are always single-celled (e.g. bacteria), but eukaryotes are multicellular, with the cells combining to form much larger, more complex structures