Difference Between Plasmid and Episome
Key Difference – Plasmid vs Episome
Organisms possess chromosomal DNA and extrachromosomal DNA. Chromosomal DNA serves as the major part of the genetic material which contains the heredity information. Extrachromosomal DNA is also are important for organisms; in prokaryotes, extrachromosomal DNA possesses special genes such as antibiotic resistance, resistance to various heavy metals, and macromolecule degradation. Plasmid and episome are two kinds of extrachromosomal DNA of organisms. Plasmids are closed, circular and double-stranded DNA of bacteria.