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Find at least 20 differences between Gram Negative and Gram Positive bacteria and list them in a table form or number the differences from 1 - 20.
No. | Gram Postive |
Gram negative |
1 |
The peptidoglycan layer is thick and multi layered |
The peptodoglycan layer is thin and single layered |
2 | The cell wall is thick ; 20-80 nm | The cell wall is thin ;8-10 nm |
3 | The outer membrane is absent | An outer membrane present |
4 | teichoic acids are present | Teichoic acids are absent |
5 | Very few amino acuds present on the cell wall | several amino acids present |
6 | Porins are absent | porins present in outer membrane |
7 | Less elasticity and very rigid | less rigid and more elastic |
8 | Mesosomes are more prominent | Mesosomes less prominent |
9 | Periplasmic space is absent | Periplasmic space present |
10 | very low lipid content | Lipid content is high because of the presence of outer membrane |
11 | Lipopolysacharide content is absent | Lipopolysaccharides are present |
12 | Produces endospore | Do not produce endospores usually |
13 | 2 rings of flagellar structure in the basal body | 4 rings present in basal body |
14 | More susceptible to antibiotics | More resistant to antibiotic |
15 | spore forming rods | Usually Non spore forming rods |
16 | Very few pathiogenic bacteria belongs in the group | More pathogenic bacteria in the group |
17 | High resistance to drying | Low resistance to drying |
18 | toxin produced are exotoxins | Exotoxins or endotoxins produces |
19 | High cell wall disruption by lysozyme | Low cell wall disruption by lysozyme |
20 | retain crystal violet dye and atain purple or blue on staining process | Thee bacteris do not retain stain colors after iy is washed with alcohol. they appear as pink color on staining. |