Describe how bacterial cells compare to onion cells. Solution Plants cells are multi-cellular organisms composed of eukaryotic cells, while bacteria are single- cell prokaryotic organisms. Each eukaryotic cell of a plant or animal includes a central nucleus containing DNA and membrane-bound organelles, such as endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria. A bacterial cell has no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles. prokaryotes have circular DNA, which is exposed to the cytosol fluid of the cellular environment and concentrates in an area known as the nucleoid. Within the cytosol environment of both eukaryotes and prokaryotes are ribosomes, which are responsible for producing the polypeptide chains of proteins. In bacterial cells, ribosomes are 70s, while eukaryotic plant and animal cells have larger, 80s ribosomes. These 80s ribosomes float within the cytosol of the cell and adhere to the rough endoplasmic reticulum unique to eukaryotes. The mitochondria of eukaryotes do contain 70s ribosomes within their mitochondria. a prokaryotic bacterium invaded an early-form eukaryotic cell, which gave rise to mitochondria. Bacteria cells divide by way of binary fission and are asexual. Eukaryotes, however, divide cellularly via mitosis and reproduce sexually through the process of meiosis. An onion is a multicellular (consisting of many cells) plant organism. As in all plant cells, the cell of an onion peel consists of a cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus and a large vacuole. The nucleus is present at the periphery of the cytoplasm. The vacuole is prominent and present at the centre of the cell. It is surrounded by cytoplasm. The presence of a cell wall and a large vacuole are indicators that help identify plant cells, such as seen in the onion peel..