Which of the following is NOT true about gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria?   a. None of the other four answers (all are true) b. Gram-negatives have thicker cell walls than gram-positives c. Cell walls are made of peptidoglycan in

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Which of the following is NOT true about gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria?

 

a. None of the other four answers (all are true)

b. Gram-negatives have thicker cell walls than gram-positives

c. Cell walls are made of peptidoglycan in both gram-positives and gram-negatives

d. Peptidoglycan has a carbohydrate (NAG/NAM) backbone cross-linked by chains of amino acids

e. Gram-negatives have an outer membrane outside of the cell wall, composed of lipopolysaccharide 

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