Structure of a Gram-Positive Cell Wall

Gram-positive bacteria stain purple with the gram stain procedure. The gram-positive cell wall appears as dense layer typically composed of numerous rows of peptidoglycan, and molecules of lipoteichoic acid, wall teichoic acid and surface proteins.

Illustration of DNA Replication by Complementary Base Pairing.jpg by Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology, The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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