Question

As part of their reproductive cycle, helminths produce egg and sperm cells. Both of these eukaryotic cell types have an outer surface composed of polysaccharides known as the ______.

Answer 1

Glycocalyx

Expla

• The glycocalyx is the covering of carbohydrate that covers the eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells, especially bacteria.
• In eukaryotic cell, Glycocalyx is used for the recognition of the cell.

• On bacterial cells, the glycocalyx gives a defensive coat from host factors.
• The ownership of a glycocalyx on microbes is related with the capacity of the microscopic organisms to build up a contamination.