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Question: Which one of the following organisms is not an example of eukaryotic cells? A. _Amoeba proteus_ ...
Which one of the following organisms is not an example of eukaryotic cells?
A. Amoeba proteus
B. Paramecium caudatum
C. Escherichia coli
D. Euglena viridis
Solution
Eukaryotic cells are cells that contain a nucleus and organelles, and are enclosed by a plasma membrane. Organisms that have eukaryotic cells include protozoa, fungi, plants, and animals.
Complete answer:
-_Amoeba proteus:_Amoebae are eukaryotes whose bodies most often consist of a single cell. This means that they have membrane-bound organelles, including a membrane-bound nucleus.
Its ability to change shape is from pseudopodia, which are common in eukaryotic microbes.
-_Paramecium caudatum:_Paramecia are eukaryotes. Paramecium caudatum is a species of unicellular protist in the phylum Ciliophora. The species is very common and widespread in marine, brackish and freshwater environments.
-_Escherichia coli:_Escherichia coli , also known as E. coli , is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacteria of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms. E. coli is a unicellular bacterium (single-cell organism) and it comes under the category of Prokaryotes. "Pro-karyotic" is Greek word which means “before nucleus”. They are prokaryotes as they do not contain any organized nucleus with a distinct membrane and nor other specialized organelles.
-Euglena viridis : Euglena is unicellular, eukaryotic microorganisms. This means that the euglena is made up of one complex cell, containing many organelles. Euglena viridis is a common, solitary and free-living freshwater flagellate.
So, the answer is C, i.e.,Escherichia coli
Note: Prokaryotes have a prokaryotic cytoskeleton that is more primitive than that of eukaryotes. Besides homologs of actin and tubulin, the helically arranged building-block of the flagellum, flagellin, is one of the most significant cytoskeletal proteins of bacteria, as it provides structural backgrounds of chemotaxis, the basic cell physiological response of bacteria.