The Bacterial Cell Wall Flashcards
Water moving into a cell
Lysis
Water moving out of a cell causes
Shrinkage or plasmolysis
Prevents bacterial cells from rupturing or shrinking due to changes in osmotic pressure
Osmotic protection
Process of water moving across a selectively permeable membrane from a area of higher concentration to a area of lower water concentration
Osmosis
Components in the cell wall contribute to
Pathogenicity
Thick homogenous layer of peptidoglycan
Gram positive cell wall
Also murein
Peptidoglycan
Cell wall contains only a thin layer of
Peptidoglycan
Located between the outer membrane and the plasma membrane
Periplasm
Contains lps layer
Gram negative
Serve as a selective permeable barrier for materials entering and exiting the cell
Plasma membrane
Simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion and osmosis
Passive processes fro transport
Active transport and group translocation
Active processes fro transport
Mostly water
Cytoplasm
Packed with molecules, proteins in the form of enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, inorganic ions
Cytoplasm