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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 3.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Pharm Des. 2011;17(13):1303–1319. doi: 10.2174/138161211795703735

Fig. (1). Structures of the cell walls of three different classes of microbial pathogens.

Fig. (1)

A) Gram-positive bacterium showing porous layer of peptidoglycan and single lipid bilayer. B) Gram-negative bacterium showing double lipid bilayer sandwiching peptidoglycan layer and an outer layer of lipopolysaccharide. C) Fungal cell with a less porous layer of beta-glucan and chitin surrounding a single lipid bilayer.