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Cell wall (Gram + vs Gram −)

Microbiology · General bacteriology

Bacterial cell wall. Top: Gram-negative cell wall. 1-inner membrane, 2-periplasmic space, 3-outer membrane, 4-phospholipid, 5-peptidoglycan, 6-lipoprotein, 7-protein, 8-LPS, 9-porins. Bottom: Gram-positive cell wall. 1-cytoplasmic membrane, 2-peptidoglycan, 3-phospholipid, 4-protein, 5-lipoteichoic acid.
Bacterial cell wall. Top: Gram-negative cell wall. 1-inner membrane, 2-periplasmic space, 3-outer membrane, 4-phospholipid, 5-peptidoglycan, 6-lipoprotein, 7-protein, 8-LPS,…

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PreviousStructure of the bacterial cell
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General bacteriology
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