Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3.3, Problem 8AYP
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The reason why Gram-positive cell walls are stronger than Gram-negative cell walls.
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A Danish physician Hans Christian Gram developed a technique of staining that determines two groups of bacteria that differ from each other. Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria differ due to the differences in the peptidoglycan layer of the cell envelope.
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