BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY
Cards (8)
- Bacteria shapes
- Outermost covering of some bacteria, gelatinous substance located external to the cell wall
- Sometimes called murein acculus
- Major surface antigens of gram-positive organisms
- Molecules include neutral sugars
- Bi-layered structure, passage of samm-low molecular weight hydrophilic substances
- Anchor the outer membrane to the peptidoglycan layer and stabilzes the outer membrane
- Fluid-filled space between the outer membrane and inner plasma membrane