What is Gram staining?

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> Gram staining is a method to classify bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria stain purple because of their thick peptidoglycan layer, while Gram-negative bacteria stain pink due to their thin peptidoglycan layer and outer membrane

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Gram staining is a process of identifying Bacterial type (Garam +ve or garm -ve)

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It is a differential staining used to differentiate between gram positive or gram negative bacteria based on there cell wall.

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It's a staining technique which is used to differentiate the group of bacteria on the basis of cell wall..

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Dr. Christian gram was the scientist, who discovered gram staining to identify the difference between gram positive and gram negative bacteria on the basis of their cell wall by using VIAS( crystal violet, Indole, ethyl alcohol and saffrenine ).

G+ve bacteria- puplecolour

G -ve bacteria- Pink colour

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