Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 20

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
a. Summarize how bacterial and eukaryotic cells differ in gene structure as well as the processes involved in gene expression.
b. A new organism was identified by members of your lab. DNA analysis revealed the presence of introns and what appear to be split genes. Explain whether you have identified a bacterium or a eukaryotic organism.