| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Cell wall | Forms a protective outer layer that prevents damage from outside and also bursting if internal pressure is high. |
| Plasma Membrane | Controls entry and exit of substances, pumpsing some of them in by active transport. |
| Cytoplasm | Contains enzymes that catalyse the cehmical reactions of metabolism and contains DNA in a region called the nucleoid. |
| Pili | Hair like structures projecting from the cell wall that can be used to pull cells together. |
| Flagella | Solid protein structures, with a corkscrew shape, projecting from the cell wall, which rotate and cause locomotion. |
| Nucleoid | Region of the cytoplaasm that contains naked DNA, which is the genetic information of the cell. |
| Ribosomes | Small granular structures that synthesise proteins by translating messenger RNA. Some proteins stay in the cell and others are secreted. |
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