Chapter 2 Cell Biology Overview of the structure of microbial cells Procaryotic (原核生物的) cell wall Cytoplasmic(细胞质的)membrane Cellular ic information Cytoplasmic matrix(基质) – Ribosome(核糖体) and Inclusions(内含物) external to the cell wall(细胞壁的外部组分) Bacterial endospores(内生孢子or芽孢) of the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell Chapter outline A procaryotic cell A eucaryotic cell Overview of cell structure 3. Their cell wall almost always contain plex haride(多糖)— peptidoglycan(肽聚糖) The prokaryotic cell 1. Their ic material (DNA) is not enclosed within a membrane and they lack other membrane – anelles(细胞器) 2. Their DNA is not associated with histidine(组氨酸) 4. They are very small!! Size: Most bacteria fall within a range from to um in diameter and from 2 to 8 um in length A rod-shaped prokaryote is typically about 1-5 micrometers (μm) long and about 1 μm wide anisms in general are very small and pletely invisible to the naked eye. A cyanobacterium(藻氰菌) 8 x50 um parison of anisms Visibility scale Meters Relative size of Microbes Prokaryotes Eukaryotes Viruses Naked eye Light microscope Electron microscope Spirallum(螺菌) Shape: Bacteria have a few basic shapes spherical us(球菌) rod-shaped bacillus(杆菌) The cell wall of the bacterial cell is plex, semi-rigid structure that is responsible for the characteristic shape of the cell. The cell wall surrounds the underlying, fragile plasma(细胞质) (cytoplasmic) membrane and protects it and internal parts of the cell from adverse changes in the surrounding environment. Almost all prokaryotes have cell walls. Prokaryotic cell wall Gram+ Gram- Schematic diagram of bacterial cell walls Bacteria can be divided into two major groups, called gram-positive and gram-negative. The original distinction between gram-positive and gram-negative was based on a special staining procedure, the Gram stain The Gram-positive cell wall has a peptidoglycan(肽聚糖) layer that