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The stained Gram-positive bacteria appear _____ under the microscope.

blue
pink
green
yellow

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if your doing this question on odyssey the answer is blue

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Gram-positive bacteria are stained as purple because of their single thick cell wall that cannot be easily penetrated by the solvent. Meanwhile,  gram-negative bacteria are decolorized because they have cell walls with much thinner layers that allow removal of the dye by the solvent. answer hence is  pink.
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