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Do bacteria have vacuoles?

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Bacteria, being prokaryotes, contain no membrane-bound organelles. Vacuoles fall into that category. There are single celled eukaryotes that have vacuoles but bacteria do not. read more

Vacuoles also play a major role in autophagy, maintaining a balance between biogenesis (production) and degradation (or turnover), of many substances and cell structures. They also aid in destruction of invading bacteria or of misfolded proteins that have begun to build up within the cell. read more

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