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Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Carboxysomes provide a further level of Organization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria

 Micro-compartments such as carboxysomes provide a further level of organization; they are compartments within bacteria that are surrounded by polyhedral protein shells, rather than by lipid membranes.These "polyhedral organelles" localize and compartmentalize bacterial metabolism, a function performed by the membrane-bound organelles in eukaryotes.

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