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