prokaryote: References & Edit History
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Kara Rogers
Kara Rogers is the senior editor of biomedical sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, where she oversees a range of content from medicine and genetics to microorganisms. She joined Britannica in 2006 and has been a member of the National Association of Science Writers since 2009.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Prokaryotic Diversity. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Prokaryotic Diversity. | Aug 14, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Apr 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State University Libraries - Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity - Prokaryotes. | Jan 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Prokaryotic cells. | Nov 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Cell-Cycle Special - How Do Prokaryotic Cells Cycle? (PDF). | Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Microbiology - Evolution of small prokaryotic genomes. | Aug 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Prokaryote diversity and taxonomy: current status and future challenges. | Jun 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - How many species of prokaryotes are there? | Sep 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The species concept for prokaryotes. | Jul 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - Ecology and Evolution - A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. | May 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Salt Lake Community College Pressbooks - College Biology II Laboratory - Prokaryotes � Background. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - Structure of Prokaryotes. | Dec 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BCcampus Publishing - Eukaryotic Cells. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oregon State University - Open Educational Resources - Prokaryote Habitats, Relationships, and Microbiomes. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Hawaii Pressbooks - Biology - Prokaryotic Cells. | Jul 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Suny Orange - Prokaryotes. | Mar 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HyperPhysics - Prokaryotic Cells. | Jan 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - How many species of prokaryotes are there? | Sep 20, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Biology 2e - Prokaryotic Cells. | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Added a video describing the difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes. | Sep 19, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 24, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. | Feb 07, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Quatr.us - What is a prokaryote. | Feb 07, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rader's Biology4Kids - Prokaryote. | Apr 04, 2014 | ||
| New illustration added. | Jan 15, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Miami - Kingdom Monera: The Prokaryotes. | Sep 24, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 08, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 08, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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