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Why is the difference color between gram positive and gram negative bacteria?

April 26, 2017bacteria color Gram negative positive

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Why is the difference color between gram positive and gram negative bacteria?

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The reason why these bacteria react differently to gram staining procedure is because of differences in the structure of the cell wall between gram positive and negative organisms. Alcohol is used to destain the cell and gram positives retain the stain, whereas gram negative don’t.