B. By mutating their DNA in response to environmental conditions to gain beneficial traits.
<h3><u>Answer;</u></h3>
peptidoglycan
The molecular basis of the Gram stain is the amount of<u> peptidoglycan</u> in the bacterial cell wall.
<h3><u>Explanation</u>;</h3>
- Gram stain is differential stain that is very useful for identifying and classifying bacteria as either gram negative or gram positive.
- Gram negative are those that decolorize easily, such as E. coli, while Gram positive are those that retain the primary stain and do not decolorize easily.
- The result depends on the bacteria cell wall structure, the cell wall of a Gram-negative bacterium is composed of 20 percent or less of peptidoglycan.
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