Life Sciences
GATE XL concept:cell-walls PYQs
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Question 75
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Choose the correct match for structural components of bacteria to their function.
Structural component | Function
(P) Flagella | (i) prevent cell lysis
(Q) Cell wall | (ii) chemotaxis
(R) Metachromatic granules | (iii) storage for ATP
(S) Magnetosomes | (iv) cell orientation
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Nocardia spp. are not amenable to the classical method of Gram staining due to the presence of
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