CELL WALL


Cell wall is the rigid, semi permeable,protective outermost layer of plant cell or some other fungi,bacteria,algae etc.

The main function of cell wall is:-

  1. Protection of cell
  2. Give structure to the cell
  3. And give support to the cell.

  • The cell wall of the plant is made up of fibrous carbohydrate called cellulose.
  • The plant cell wall is made up of tiny cellulose fibres called microfibrils.
  • All microfibrils is glued together by the mixture of polysaccharides.
  • Microfibrils is made up of thousands of cellulose molecule bound together by pectines and hemicellulose.

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