Bacterial cell

Onion peel cell

Lack of organized nucleus, the genetic material present in the form of nucleoid.

Nucleus well organized.

Nuclear membrane absent.

Nuclear membrane present.

Only a single chromosome is present

More than one chromosome is present

Membrane-bound organelles absent.

Membrane-bound organelles present.

Nucleolus is absent.

Nucleolus is present.

Cell division takes place by fission or budding.

Cell division takes place by mitosis or meiosis.