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Which of the following statements about prokaryotic ribosomes is incorrect?ANSWERProkaryotic ribosomes are overall smaller in mass and diameter than eukaryotic ribosomes.Prokaryotic ribosomes are a great target for antibiotics due to their structural difference to eukaryotic ribosomes.Ribosomes are membrane-bound organelles that aid in protein synthesis.Ribosomes are made up of two subunits; in prokaryotes, the larger subunit is called 50S and the smaller 30S.

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Which of the following statements about prokaryotic ribosomes is incorrect?ANSWERProkaryotic ribosomes are overall smaller in mass and diameter than eukaryotic ribosomes.Prokaryotic ribosomes are a great target for antibiotics due to their structural difference to eukaryotic ribosomes.Ribosomes are membrane-bound organelles that aid in protein synthesis.Ribosomes are made up of two subunits; in prokaryotes, the larger subunit is called 50S and the smaller 30S.

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The incorrect statement is: "Ribosomes are membrane-bound organelles that aid in protein synthesis." This is incorrect because ribosomes are not membrane-bound. They are found freely floating in the cytoplasm or attached to the endoplasmic reticulum, but they do not have a membrane. They are responsible for protein synthesis, but they are not considered to be organelles because they are not membrane-bound.

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