NEET 2011 · Class 11

Cell: The Unit of Life

Which one of the following organisms is not a eukaryote?

  1. (A)Paramecium caudatum
  2. (B)Escherichia coli
  3. (C)Euglena viridis
  4. (D)Amoeba proteus

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Cells that have membrane bound nuclei are called eukaryotic whereas cells that lack a membrane bound nucleus are prokaryotic.

Chapter
Cell: The Unit of Life
Section
8.3 AN OVERVIEW OF CELL
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3
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0, emb=0.8925, combined=0.9355). Verified: high — The span explicitly defines prokaryotic cells as lacking a membrane-bound nucleus, which directly identifies Escherichia coli as prokaryotic and therefore not a eukaryote, while the other options are eukaryotic protists.

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