Most archaeal cell walls consist of ____, while most bacterial cell walls consist of ____, a polymer of peptides and polysaccharides.
A)lipids; phospholipids
B)proteins; peptidoglycan
C)phospholipids; peptidoglycan
D)glycoproteins; phospholipids
E)glycolipids; peptidoglycan

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Archaeal cell walls are composed of various types of polymers, including pseudopeptidoglycan, glycoproteins, and glycolipids, but generally do not contain peptidoglycan. Bacterial cell walls, on the other hand, are primarily composed of peptidoglycan, a polymer of peptides and polysaccharides. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

Most Archaeal Cell Walls Consist of ____, While Most Bacterial