what is the difference between gram-positive and gram-
negative bacteria?
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Answer / indu madhavi
gram+ve bac have high peptidoglycon layer &less lipid layer
where as gram-ve bac have high lipid layer& less
peptidogycon layer
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Answer / sandeep kumar
gram positive contain thick layer of peptidoglycan as
compared to gram negative
periplasmic space is present in gram negative bacteriae
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Answer / sk. wazed ali mollah
gram+ve bac have thik peptidoglycan layer & lack outer membrain
where as gram-ve bac have thin peptidogycan layer & thik
outer membrain.
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Answer / maha
gram positive bacteria has less lipid concentration in ell
wall and they have techoic acid in cell wall....gram
negative bacteria have high lps concentrarion
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Answer / liza
In gram positive bacteria LPS layer,porins are absent and
they have high peptidoglycan conc. Teichoic acid is
present. They are sensitive to lysozyme amd penicillin.
Gram negative bacteria contain LPS layer and porins,but the
peptidoglycan conc. is low in them. They dont contain
teichoic acid. They are not sensitive to lysozyme and
penicillin.
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Answer / kanwal
gram positive bacteria retain the color of basic dye crystal violet and appears as blue,whereas gram negative bacteria loose the color of basic dye,are decolorized by alcohal and accept the color of safranin dye and appears as pink
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