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What material strengthens the cell wall of prokaryotes?

Correct answer A. Peptidoglycan or murein

Explanation

Bacterial cell walls are built from peptidoglycan, also called murein, a mesh of sugar chains cross-linked by short peptides, unlike plant walls of cellulose or fungal walls of chitin.

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