Question

What distinguishes bacteria from archaea? see section 26.1 (page 520) . view available hint(s) what distinguishes bacteria from archaea? see section 26.1 (page 520) . only bacteria have peptidoglycan in their cell walls. only bacteria contain a circular chromosome. only bacteria are unicellular. only bacteria lack a membrane-bound nucleus to house the genetic material?

Answer 1

Only bacteria have peptidoglycan in their cell walls

Answer 2

The correct answer is that only bacteria have peptidoglycan in their cell walls.

Unlike bacteria, the archaea cells walls do not comprise of peptidoglycan. They exhibit distinct membrane lipid bonding in comparison to Eucarya and Bacteria.

The archaebacterial cell walls comprise different proteins and polysaccharides with no peptidoglycan. Various archaebacteria possess cell walls formed of the polysaccharide pseudomurein.