9 Important Difference Between Golgi Bodies and Mitochondria

Golgi Bodies and Mitochondria

Golgi bodies or Golgi apparatus are the organelles found in eukaryotic cells that are responsible for processing, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids for transport to other parts of the cell or for export outside of the cell. Mitochondria, on the other hand, are organelles found in eukaryotic cells that are responsible for generating the majority of the cell’s energy through the process of cellular respiration. Mitochondria is also called the “POWERHOUSE” of the cell. Golgi bodies and mitochondria are essential for the proper functioning of eukaryotic cells, with Golgi bodies involved in the processing and transport of proteins and lipids and mitochondria involved in energy production.

Difference Between Golgi Bodies and Mitochondria

	Factors	Mitochondria	Golgi Bodies
1	Definition	Mitochondria are organelles in eukaryotic cells and are usually of bean shape.	Golgi Bodies are a type of organelles in eukaryotic cells and are usually stacks of flattened membranes and vesicles.
2	Main Function	Produces ATP of the cells.	Golgi bodies are involved in sorting, modifying and packaging of proteins for secretion.
3	DNA Availability	DNA is available.	DNA is not available.
4	Number of membranes surrounding the organelle	Double membrane organelles.	Single membrane organelles.
5	Shape	Bean shaped structure.	Maze kind of structure.
6	Ribosomes	Contains ribosomes inside the organelle.	Do not contain ribosomes inside the organelle.
7	Major role	Powerhouse of the cell.	Secretion organ of the cell.
8	Composition	Composed of cristae.	Composed of tubules, vesicles, cisternae and golgian vacuoles.
9	Presence in animal & plant cells	Number in a particular cell depends upon the cell type, tissue and organism.	Animal cells contains few large golgi bodies while plant cells contains small golgi bodies inside the cell.