Eucyte

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As Eucyte , rarely Euzyte , (from AltGr. Εὖ eu , 'good', + κύτος kytos , vessel ') is defined as the cells of eukaryotes . They are always equipped with a real cell nucleus.

Eucytes are usually 5 to 50 micrometers in size - in exceptional cases also significantly larger - and often have intracellular organelles . Just like the cell nucleus, these are surrounded by membranes .

Opposite the eucyte is the cell type of the prokaryotes : the procyte . In contrast to the Eucyte, this one does not have a real cell nucleus and only occurs in bacteria and archaea . After Endosymbiontentheorie some are the eucytes organelles during the phylogeny of procytes ( prokaryotic cells emerged), u. a. the mitochondria , the plastids and the hydrogenosomes .

See also

• Cell (biology) #The eukaryotic cell

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Gemoll : Greek-German school and hand dictionary. Munich / Vienna 1965.