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Gram-positive

(Science: microbiology) bacteria that retain the stain or that are resistant to decolourisation by alcohol during grams method of staining.

this is a primary characteristic of bacteria whose cell wall is composed of a thick layer of peptidologlycan containing teichoic and lipoteichoic acid complexed to the peptidoglycan.

See: gram-negative