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OBSOLETE. Any constituent part of an external encapsulating structure, a structure that lies outside the plasma membrane and surrounds the entire cell. This does not include the periplasmic space but does include the outer membrane (of gram negative bacteria) or cell wall (of yeast or Gram positive bacteria).

GO:0044462

GO:0030312

cellular_component

true

GO:0044462

obsolete external encapsulating structure part