Siobhan Braybrook 1: The Cell Wall

cell wall  A cell wall is found in plant, bacterial, fungal, and archaeal cells It is a structural component of these cells that lies on top of the Cell Wall Key Points · The cell wall is an outer protective membrane in many cells including plants, fungi, algae, and bacteria · The main

The major carbohydrates making up the primary cell wall are cellulose, pectin and hemicellulose Insoluble cellulose fibers are meshed in to a matrix called A cell wall is defined as the non-living component, covering the outmost layer of a cell Its composition varies according to the organism and is permeable in

Cells of bacteria, fungi, algae, and higher plants are surrounded by rigid cell walls, which are an integral part of the cell Although not encased in cell Eduard Strasburger, Heinrich Schenck, Ludwig Jost, George Karsten The cell walls wall formed in the higher plants during cell division consists almost wholly