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The cell wall of a Gram-negative bacterium, E. coli

The cell wall of a Gram-negative bacterium, E. coli
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Description: The cell wall of a Gram-negative bacterium, E. coli, has a thin peptidoglycan layer and an outer lipid membrane.

The cross-links here are between tetrapeptides attached to the N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) residues in adjacent chains

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