Prokaryota

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, early) + κάρυον (káruon, nucleus, literally kernel).

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Prokaryota

  1. A taxonomic superkingdom or domain - all organisms whose cells do not contain a nucleus.

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248