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Explain why no organelles, such as a nucleus, are seen in the Anabaena. (Please type it out)
The main difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is the presence of the membrane-bound cell organelles. Eukaryotes are named as eukaryotes because of the presence of the true nucleus and other membrane-bound cell organelles like chloroplast, mitochondria. On the other hand, Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus and any other membrane-bound cell organelles.
Bacteria and Archaebacteria are included in the Prokaryotes.
Anabaena is a type of cyanobacteria that does oxygenic photosynthesis but it is not considered as the true algae due to the absence of the nucleus. Anabaena is a filamentous cyanobacterium and acts as the nitrogen-fixing bacteria due to the presence of the specialized cells known as heterocyst. But they are not included in the algae due to the absence of the membrane-bound Cell organelles. They remain as plankton and do the nitrogen fixation. Anabaena is included in the domain Bacteria thus they are Prokaryotes and do not have any membrane-bound cell organelles.