(4pts)MembersoftheDeinococcusgenuspresentaninterestingconundrumto scientists who try to classify them as either gram-positive or gram-negative.Deinococcus has a thick layer...

(4pts)MembersoftheDeinococcusgenuspresentaninterestingconundrumto scientists who try to classify them as either gram-positive or gram-negative.Deinococcus has a thick layer of peptidoglycan and also an outer membrane.

Explain why these features complicate its classification.

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Gram-Positive bacteria: This type of bacteria contains a thick layer of peptidoglycan or murein. It takes purple color when stain with Gram-stain.
Gram-Negative bacteria: This type of bacteria contains a very thin layer of peptidoglycan and an outer membrane of lipopolysaccharide.

Now in this case of this bacteria Deinococcus contains the both characteristics of gram-positive and gram-negative. It has a thick layer of peptidoglycan which is a character of gram-positive bacteria. But it also has an outer membrane of lipopolysaccharide which is a character of the gram-negative bacteria.

So,it is really a complicated classification as the bacteria have feature of both the gram-positive & gram-negative bacteria.

gladiator answered 1 year ago

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