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Without its cell wall, a bacterium would break open and burst. This bursting is due to

Without its cell wall, a bacterium would break open and burst. This bursting is due to
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Without its cell wall, a bacterium would break open and burst. This bursting is due to

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Because Bacteria & Archaea organisms live in hypotonic & hypertonic environments where without a cell wall they would burst or die.

The cell wall protects them from these unfriendly environments.
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