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biology (cell organelles)
bacteria cells ( gram positive vs gram negative)
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what are the 2 types of bacteria?
gram
positive and gram
negative
gram positive bacteria have....
a thick
peptidoglycan
cell wall (
90
%)
gram negative bacteria have....
a
thin
peptidoglycan cell wall (
10
%)
gram
negative
bacteria have...
an additional plasma
membrane
easier to treat with antibiotics?
gram
positive
what type of bacteria
stains
purple/violet
gram
positive
what type of bacteria stains pink?
gram
negative
bacteria
why are gram positive bacteria easier to treat with antibiotics?
because
gram
negative bacteria have a
thicker
layer of
lipopolysacchoride
which makes it harder for
antibiotics
to penetrate through
gram
positive
bacteria does
not
have this
what is osmoticlysis?
when liquid
outside
of the cell
enters
the cell causing it to
burst.
what bacteria is more susceptible to osmoticlysis?
gram
negative
why are gram negative bacteria more susceptible to osmoticlysis?
they have
less
peptidoglycan in the cell
wall