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It is often said that bacteria have a cell wall and do not need cholesterol. In cells like ours, the cholesterol stabilizes the membrane. However, this is not true in all cases. Mycobacterium have no cell wall and have cholesterol *but so do Micrococcus lysodeikticus, Bacillus megaterium, and Proteus mirabilisdo. They have cell walls.*

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