Asked by kj

The diagram below compares the structures of an animal cell and a bacterial cell.



What is one structure that bacterial cells contain that animal cells do not?
A.
cell walls
B.
nuclei
C.
cell membranes
D.
mitochondria

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A. cell walls

Bacterial (prokaryotic) cells generally have a rigid cell wall (made of peptidoglycan) that animal cells lack. Animal cells do have a cell membrane but no cell wall, nucleus, or mitochondria-free—bacteria also lack nuclei and mitochondria.