Question

The genetic information of a prokaryotic cell may best be described as:

Answer 1

Answer:

2. Circular, looped, folded, single stranded DNA known as the bacterial chromosome

Explanation:

The bacterial chromosome of a prokaryotic cell, does not occur in the typical X chromosome found in eukaryotic cells, but it is a long folded and looped molecule composed of double-stranded supercoiled DNA. In this case, DNA occurs freely and covalently closed in a circular shape in the cytoplasm and it does not bind with proteins.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Circular, looped, folded, doubled stranded DNA known as the bacterial chromosome.

Explanation:

"Prokaryotic cells lack a defined nucleus, but have a region in the cell, termed the nucleoid, in which a single chromosomal, circular, double-stranded DNA molecule is located.

Archaeal membranes have replaced the fatty acids of bacterial membranes with isoprene; some archaeal membranes are monolayer rather than bilayer."

Reference: Boundless, Boundless.com. “Boundless Biology.” Lumen, 2019