What is a structure in a bacterial cell which is associated with storage?

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anonymous · Answer

What type of storage does this refer to? E.g., storage of genetic material, storage of energy sources, etc.?

anonymous · Answer

just storage in general

anonymous · Answer

Hm...Well I'll dig around and see if I can get back to you. I've always read that prokaryotes lack membrane-bound organelles and such so I wouldn't expect them to have vacuoles or anything...great question, though!

anonymous · Answer

That is true, thank you for your help :) It's for school and I have cytoplasm, I just can't think of something else.

anonymous · Answer

I am aware, though, that certain bacteria have large infoldings of their plasma mebrane, which greatly increases surface area and can act as a site of "storage" for protons...this is useful for photosynthetic bacteria, aerobic bacteria (for cell respiration), and also plays a role in powering the flagellum through diffusion of said protons.

anonymous · Answer

yep that is very useful and all I needed :) Thank you lots for your help!!

anonymous · Answer

A better answer if you're interested... Apparently there are structures called bacterial "inclusions" which vary in size / shape / composition but appear to have a role in the storage of substances such as carbs and lipids. http://www.els.net/WileyCDA/ElsArticle/refId-a0000302.html http://textbookofbacteriology.net/structure.html