Question
What are mesosomes and what its use in bacterial cell?
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Answer
Mesosomes help in invagination of the membranes. Large septal mesosomes occur near centre of the cell and smaller lateral mesosomes away from the centre. Septal mesosomes help in cell division and lateral mesosomes assist in the reproduction of bacterial DNA chromosome.
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