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Membranes

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Yeasts in Natural and Artificial Habitats

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The plasmalemma or plasma membrane surrounds the yeast cell and is visible in an electron micrograph as a dark double-layered cellular boundary (Fig. 7.1). It comprises a hydrophobic middle layer within a hydrophilic mantle (the electron-dense layers). Biological membranes separate compartments and allow a controlled exchange of solutes between them. The plasma membrane encloses the cell and controls the selective uptake of nutrients and extrusion of metabolic products. The nucleus and mitochondria are enclosed by double membranes; the vacuoles, Golgi complex, and other vesicles by single ones. An endoplasmic reticulum is present. The subcellular membranes each perform specific tasks during metabolism.

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Höfer, M. (1997). Membranes. In: Spencer, J.F.T., Spencer, D.M. (eds) Yeasts in Natural and Artificial Habitats. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03370-8_8

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