Homework answers / question archive / Suppose you are a microbiologist who has been asked to identify the type of bacterium that is present in a cell culture that comes from a patient

Suppose you are a microbiologist who has been asked to identify the type of bacterium that is present in a cell culture that comes from a patient

Biology

Share With

Suppose you are a microbiologist who has been asked to identify the type of bacterium that is present in a cell culture that comes from a patient. You start with a gram stain and find that the cells are pink. What do you now know about these cells?

a.

These bacteria likely have a cell wall consistiing of a thick layer of peptidoglycan.

b.

These bacteria likely have a complex cell wall that includes cellulose.

c.

These bacteria likely have a peptidoglycan cell wall surrounded by a second (outer) membrane.

d.

It's likely archaea, not bacteria