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you examine an unknown organism using freeze - fracture electron microscopy and discover ribosomes in its cytoplasm. you also find that it has inner membranes, but it is difficult to tell whether they are contiguous with the cell membrane or not. which feature would allow you to classify this organism as a prokaryote? plastids a capsule a distinct mitochondrion dna a nucleus
Prokaryotes lack membrane - bound organelles like plastids, distinct mitochondria, and a nucleus. Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have DNA. A capsule is a common feature in some prokaryotes.
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