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Two Kinds of Cell

Every cellular microbe is built on one of just two blueprints. The difference isn't trivia — it's exactly what lets an antibiotic kill a bacterium without harming you. Switch cells and tap each structure to compare.

Prokaryote cell

Tap a structure in the cell, or a feature at right →
Two kinds of cellchoose a cell, then a feature