Gram positive bacteria

GRAM STAINING TECHNIQUE

Gram staining is a general purpose bacteriological identification technique used in the bacteriology section of the microbiology laboratory to identify and differentiate bacteria into two groups i.e. Gram-positive and Gram-negative. It was discovered by Christian Gram (1853-1938), a Danish scientist in 1884. Christian Gram showed that the cells of some bacteria could be easily decolorized […]

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OVERVIEW OF BACTERIA

Bacteria (singular: Bacterium) is one of the two important members of the prokaryotes (i.e. cells in which the chromosomes are not separated from the cytoplasmic membrane). The second is Archaea. Bacteria are prokaryotic organisms with very simple cell structure. They are single-celled organisms with complex cell wall. Bacterial cells are the simplest possible forms of

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