Answer to Question #88000 in Cell Biology for Bharti

Question

What is the differentiate between acellular and cellular organisms?

Answer 1

Acellular organisms dont contain cells (viruses and priones). They are considered to be non-living, while they quire properties of living organisms. Acellular organisms mostly consist only from capsid and nucleic acids.

Cellular organisms have typical components of the cell (phospholipid membrane, different organelles - ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum etc.) and own system of protein producing.