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Archaeal cell walls
Can be gram-positive or gram-negative
Gram-positives often have a thick surface layer
Gram-negatives often have a thin layer of protein or glycoprotein (S-layer)
Pseudomurein
Often found in gram-positive archaea
Similar to peptidoglycan
N-acetylalosaminuronic acid replaces NAM
Cross-bridges do not contain D-amino acids
Plasma membrane
Composed of lipids and proteins
Membrane lipids
Amphipathic molecules
Hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails
Membrane lipids
Amphipathic molecules
Hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails
Allows lipids to interact with water on one end and each other on the other end
Formation of lipid bilayers
Archaeal lipids
Contain branched chain hydrocarbons attached to glycerol via ether links
Other cells have fatty acids attached to glycerol via ester links (bacteria and eukaryotes)
Archaeal lipids
Two glycerol groups can be linked to form a tetraether
Tetraether chains are usually 40 carbons long
Diether chains are usually 20 carbons long
Length of tetraethers can be adjusted by cyclizing the chain to form pentacyclic rings
Archaeal lipids
Various combinations of lipids can result in differences in rigidity and thickness of membrane
Sterols and hopanoids
Eukaryotic cell membranes often contain sterols
Also found in the membrane of some bacteria that lack a cell wall
Stabilize the membrane and add rigidity
Sterols and hopanoids
Hopanoids are sterol-like molecules that are found in bacterial membranes
Play similar role as sterols
Plasma membrane
Composed of two layers of lipids with hydrophobic ends in the interior of the membrane
Proteins can be peripheral or integral
Fluid mosaic model
Most widely accepted model for membrane structure
Lipid composition varies with temperature to maintain fluidity
Internal membrane systems
Mesosomes
Invaginations of membrane
Often in the form of vesicles, tubules or lamellae
Some believe they are artifacts generated during chemical fixation
Internal membrane systems
Photosynthetic prokaryotes
Often have extensive infoldings of the plasma membrane
In the form of flattened or spherical vesicles or tubules
May serve to provide larger surface area for metabolic processes
Cytoplasmic matrix
Cytoplasmic matrix
Area between the plasma membrane and the nucleoid
Composed largely of water
Specific proteins positioned at particular sites (e.g. poles or septum)
Inclusion bodies
Organic inclusion bodies usually contain glycogen or poly--hydroxybutyrate
Inorganic inclusion bodies can store phosphate or sulfur
Inclusion bodies
Magnetosomes
Iron containing inclusion bodies used to orient cell in the Earth’s magnetic field
Inclusion bodies
Gas vacuoles
Used by bacteria to regulate buoyancy
Composed of a collection of collapsible gas vesicles
Ribosomes
Can be free in the cytoplasmic matrix or loosely attached to the plasma membrane
Membrane-associated ribosomes synthesize proteins that are transported to the outside
Ribosomes
Are 70S vs. 80S
Are composed of a 50S and a 30S subunit
The nucleoid
The region of the cell where the chromosome is located
Irregularly-shaped
Often appears to be attached to plasma membrane
Can rarely be bound by a membrane
The nucleoid
Most prokaryotes have a single circular chromosome
Some bacteria have linear chromosomes
Some bacteria have two chromosomes
DNA-binding proteins associated with chromosome
Endospores
Dormant structures that are resistant to environmental stresses
Can remain viable for 100,000 years
Can survive boiling (must be autoclaved)
Endospores
True endospores are only found in gram positive bacteria
Endospores
Location of endospore in cell can aid in identification
Mother cell is called the sporangium
Endospores
Are complex structures
Covered by exosporium
Next layer is the spore coat (responsible for resistance to chemicals)
Endospores
Cortex is beneath the spore coat and contains peptidoglycan
Spore cell wall surrounds the core
Resistance of endospores
Large amounts of dipicolinic acid is complexed with calcium ions in the core
May aid in resistance
DNA-binding proteins, dehydration of core and DNA repair systems all contribute to resistance
Dipicolinic acid
Sporogenesis/sporulation
Transformation into vegetative cells
Occurs in three stages
1. Activation
2. Germination
3. Outgrowth