Microbiology 2

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colour of gram negative?
pink
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colour of gram positive?
purple
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shape of bacilli
rod
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shape of cocci
single sphere
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shape of diplococci
double sphere
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shape of streptococci
gathered spheres
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gram positive osmolarity is what
high
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gram positive or negative? Need thicker cell wall (thick peptidoglycan)
positive
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gram positive or negative? Thinner but more complex cell wall (thin peptidoglycan)
negative
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which has 2 membranes? 2 bilayers
negative
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Peptidoglycan acts as a permeability barrier preventing loss of the initial stain called what?
crystal violet
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the decolorisation step is thought to shrink what?
pores of the thick peptidoglycan and CV-I complex retained
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Gram-negative bacteria have a thin layer of peptidoglycan, with less what
cross-linking and larger pores
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CV-I complex removed more easily through which wall
G-
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Without walls, Gram-positive organisms become?
spherical protoplasts
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Without walls, Gram-negatives become
spheroplasts
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what are variants that have lost the ability to synthesise a cell wall?
L forms
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colour of gram positive?

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shape of bacilli

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shape of cocci

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shape of diplococci

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