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yes - see: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2064785 for a full and detailed explanation.

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Is there any similarity between bacterial cell wall and plant cell wall?

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Do bacterial cells have cell walls or cell memebranes?

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How are cell walls important to bacterial cells?

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Which types of cells definitely contain cell walls?

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