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What prokaryotes are multicellular?

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Bacterial cells are fundamentally different to the cells of multicellular animals such as humans. They are far smaller, with less internal organisation and no nucleus (they have DNA but it is not packaged safely within a membrane). read more

Organisms having prokaryotic cellular organisations are both unicellular as well as multicellular. Bacteria and cyanobacteria are the typical representatives of prokaryotic cells. Bacteria are unicellular but cyanobacteria have multicellular forms also. read more

Bacteria with bodies - multicellular prokaryotes. Bacterial cells are fundamentally different to the cells of multicellular animals such as humans. They are far smaller, with less internal organisation and no nucleus (they have DNA but it is not packaged safely within a membrane). read more

There are lots of unicellular eukaryotes, including amoebas, paramecium, yeast, and so on. As to whether there are multicellular prokaryotes, the standard answer is No, but there is a lot of evidence that some bacterial species can aggregate together and divide labor so that the "colony" is working more efficiently. read more

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