A Prokaryotic Cell Wall That Has Primarily Peptidoglycan. The thermoacidophile sulfolobus acidocaldarius lacks peptidoglycan, but still possesses a cell wall. Peptidoglycan is a unique macromolecule found in bacterial.
Maintains shape and prevents bursting (lysis).
Most prokaryotic cells have a rigid cell wall that surrounds the plasma membrane and gives shape to the organism. Prokaryotic cells have a cell wall, cytoplasmic membrane, soluble cytoplasmic enzymes, and a nucleoid region that holds a single chromosome. A) gram negative b) gram positive c) the difference in cell wall structure of mycobacterium and nocardia compared to the typical gram positive bacterial cell wall structure is: Peptidoglycan is composed of two derivatives of glucose: