Planctomycetes challenge our concept of the bacterial cell and of a prokaryote as a cell structure type, as well as our ideas about origins of the eukaryote nucleus. Planctomycetes Are Important ...

Prokaryotes are divided into two distinct groups: the bacteria and the archaea ... is contained in a central area of the cell called the nucleoid, which is not surrounded by a nuclear membrane.

A team of researchers has studied Deinococcus radiodurans and revealed for the first time the process of nucleoid remodeling ...