The overall purpose of this section is to enable you to understand the composition and functions of the various structures or organelles of which bacteria are composed.
All objectives are fair game for multiple choice or matching questions.
State the chemical composition and major function of the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria. Briefly describe the fluid phospholipid bilayer arrangement of biological membranes. State the net flow of water when a cell is placed in an isotonic, hypertonic, or hypotonic environment and relate this to the solute concentration. List 6 functions of the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane other than that mentioned in objective 1. 6. Describe what a peptidoglycan monomer consists of and state the function of peptidoglycan in bacteria.