Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 8

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
Provide evidence in support of or refuting the following statement: The cell, or cytoplasmic, membrane is a nonessential structure in bacteria because its function is replaced by the cell wall in these microbes.