What would be the expected out come of a gram staining test If the bacteria is a pathogenic intestinal bacteria?

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Chapter7: Basic Clinical Microbiology
Section7.4: The Gram Stain
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What would be the expected out come of a gram staining test If the bacteria is a pathogenic intestinal bacteria?

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Step 1 Introduction:

Gram staining is a common technique used to differentiate two large groups of bacteria based on their different cell wall constituents.

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Gram-positive bacteria stain violet due to the presence of a thick layer of peptidoglycan in their cell walls, which retains the crystal violet these cells are stained with whereas Gram-negative bacteria stain red, which is attributed to a thinner peptidoglycan wall, which does not retain the crystal violet during the decoloring process.

 

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