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| Sticky external sheath of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. |
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| A long, whiplike structure protruding from a cell. |
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| A structure composed of rotating endoflagella that allows a spirochete to corkscrew through its medium. |
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| Sticky, proteinaceous extensions of some bacterial cells that function to adhere cells to one another and to environmental surfaces. |
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| Tubule involved in bacterial conjugation. |
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| Structural boundary composed of polysaccharide or protein chains that provides shape and support against osmotic pressure. |
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| plasma membrane (cytoplasmic membrane) |
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| Membrane surrounding all cells, and composed of a fluid mosaic of phospholipids and proteins. |
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| nuclear area (nuclear envelope) |
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| Double membrane composed of phospholipid bilayers surrounding a cell nucleus. |
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| General term used to describe the semiliquid, gelatinous material inside of a cell. |
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| Nonmembranous organelle found in prokaryotes and eukaryotes that is composed of protein and ribosomal RNA and functions to make polypeptides. |
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| In the life cycle of chlamydias, eukaryotic phagosomes full of chlamydial reticulate bodies. |
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| Environmentally resistant structure produced by the transformation of a vegetative cell of the Gram-positive genera Bacillus or Clostridium. |
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