Terry J Beveridge, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Bacterial walls are constructed from a variety of macromolecules and polymers to provide an outer skin around the protoplast, encompassing the cell. In Gram-positive bacteria the cell wall consists of peptidoglycan and associated secondary polymers, whereas in Gram-negative bacteria it consists of an outer membrane and an underlying thin peptidoglycan layer. for Download Full version free article click Genetics Molecular.

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