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1. Characteristic of Gram – Positive Bacteria and Gram – Negative Bacteria.
Gram – Positive Gram – Negative
Characteristics Characteristics
They have a complex cell wall that Signal recognition particle pathway
consists of peptidoglycan, teichoic acids, appears to use most proteins whose final
polysaccharides, and proteins and this localization is the inner membrane as well
cell wall surrounds the cytoplasmic as for some secreted proteins.
membrane.
They lack an outer membrane. There is no outer layer of cell wall found
Motility organs numbers are few to which characterize as thin.
move. i,e. flagella and cilia.
A lot of teichoic acids and few fats are There is huge amount of lipids
included.
Cytoplasmic lipid membrane and a thick The different kinds of amino acid are
layer coating of peptidoglycan is present. present.
Outer membrane is not present in the The presence of flagella,
bacteria’s detected. lipopolysaccharides and sialic acid are
present in the substance yet less muramic
acid is detected.
Gram – Positive Gram – Negative
Advantages Advantages
The species with peptidoglycan outer The Gram-negative bacteria contains
layers which is easier to kill, and their higher coherence and adaptive antibiotic
layer of peptidoglycan can consume or resistance.
absorbs cleaning products and antibiotics.
Considered as non-pathogenic bacterial Detergents quickly kill the Gram-Positive
species that could live inside of a human Bacteria yet does not harm the Gram-
being including the skin, mouth, intestine negative bacteria. Alcohol is recommended
and mostly the upper respiratory for disinfection.
system.
Most of the species such as the Most of the Gram-Negative bacteria
Corynebacterium species can create and provides resistant to other types of
condense the enzymes, amino acids and physical harm since it does not absorb the
nucleotides. substance or inputs.
Most of the example of Gram-Positive When the Gram-negative bacteria enters
 bacterium like Bacillus the inner airlock, they regulate because of
amyloliquefaciens considered as one of the presence of extra membrane which
the best sources of the natural antibiotic enables them to eliminate threats and
protein commonly known as Barnase. contain them in their periplasmic space as
they enter the cell or before entering the
cell.
Most of the cell’s density rises and the The numerous thin layers above the
gram-positive bacteria regulates the peptidoglycan’s outer layer consist of
number of the other which processes. toxin-injecting membranes that quickly
acquire resistance that coherence as difficult
to kill.
Gram – Positive Gram – Negative
Disadvantage Disadvantage
Most of the Gram-positive bacteria could Most of the bacteria that are detected by
create the majority issues. the Gram-negative are harmful in the
hospital like patients who are considered as
weaker and most of the microorganisms
are powerful since their antibacterial
resistance is high.
Lack of lipid outer membrane. Some of the bacteria can’t prolong their
lifespan in dry surfaces if both of them
survive consistently for a long time since
they can live and grow on dry species and
most of the species that are present are
more harmful between cleanings.
There are a lot of eradication initiatives Most of the species as the CDC
that focuses on the gram-positive classification implies that Gram-Negative
bacteria. bacteria are more serious hazard for the
reason that they are growing in harmful
resistance.
The Gram-positive bacteria induce the Gram-negative bacteria can cause disease
related and foreign substances which since they are more resistant than Gram-
includes harmful to their internal organs. positive bacteria since they contain advance
This creates basic removal for most of the structure that could add on the
detergents. dissemination of the global pathogenic
sickness which leads to mortality.
There is no present of side chains which is The prospect of the Gram-negative bacteria
unique to O. are more complex and dangerous since it
all starts at this point. The cell conceals the
 outside membranes with the presence of
slimy layer that are resistant.
Gram – Positive Gram – Negative
Examples Examples
Enterococci Proteus

Streptococcus pyogenese Klebsiella

Staphylococcus epidermidis Pseudomonas

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nucleotides, etc.

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