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The cell wall is the tough, usually flexible but sometimes fairly rigid layer that surrounds some types of cells. It is located outside the cell membreance and provides these cells with structural support and protection, and also acts as a filtering mechanism. A major function of the cell wall is to act as a pressure vessel, preventing over-expansion when water enters the cell. They are found in plants, bacteria, fungi, algae, and some archaea. Animals and protozoa do not have cell walls.
The materials in a cell wall vary between species, and in plants and fungi also differ between cell types and developmental stages. In plants, the strongest component of the complex cell wall is a carbohydrate called cellulose, which is a polymer of glucose. In bacteria, peptidoglycan forms the cell wall. Archaean cell walls have various compositions, and may be formed of glycoprotein S-layers, pseudopeptidoglycan, or polysaccharides. Fungi possess cell walls made of the glucosamine polymer chitin, and algae typically possess walls made of glycoproteins and polysaccharides. Unusually, diatoms have a cell wall composed of silicic acid. Often, other accessory molecules are found anchored to the cell wall.
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What is a outer supportive structure of a plant cell?
The cell wall supports and protects the plant cell.
What term refers to cells having different jobs?
Cell specialization
What part of the cell is strong and stiff and hard to get through and only found in plants?
The cell wall.But it is not only found in plants, both bacteria and fungi have cell walls too.
What structure is outside the cell membrane?
For plant cells, there is a cell wall outside of the cell's membrane. Animal cells do not have walls, so there is no structure outside of the cell membrane.
What is the job for the cell wall in a cell?
A cell wall protects the cell.
What is the Funtions of a cell?
nothing
What is a outer supportive structure of a plant cell?
The cell wall supports and protects the plant cell.
What term refers to cells having different jobs?
Cell specialization
What protects the plants cell?
cell wall
What part of the cell is strong and stiff and hard to get through and only found in plants?
The cell wall.But it is not only found in plants, both bacteria and fungi have cell walls too.
Where is the cell wall located in an animal?
There is no cell wall in a animal cell but there is a cell wall in the plant cell.
What specific cell part is all remains of the cell?
the cell wall
What structure is outside the cell membrane?
For plant cells, there is a cell wall outside of the cell's membrane. Animal cells do not have walls, so there is no structure outside of the cell membrane.
What organelle is responsible for protecting the plant cell?
The Cell wall. It supports the cell and protects it from anything that can damage the cell.
What does a plant cell wall and animal cell wall have in common?
An animal cell does not have a cell wall.
What is cellouse cell wall?
Cell wall made out of cellulose is the cell wall of a plant. A fungi has a cell wall composed of chitin and a bacteria has a cell wall composed of glycoprotein.
What does the cell wall do in the plant cell?
the cell wall protects the cell.
