Question

muramic acid is present in gram positive or gram negative bacteria


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Answer 1

Answer:

Muramic acid is present in gram positive bacteria.

Explanation:

Gram positive cells are characterized by presence of single thick layer of cell wall, which is made up of peptidogycan, teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid. Peptidoglycan is a repeating framework of long glycan chains having alternate N-acetyl glucosamine and N-acetyl muramic acid, these glycan chains are cross-linked by short peptides

Answer 2

Answer:

muramic acid is present in both gram positive and gram negative but mostly in gram positive .

Explanation:

cause in gram negative bacteria less peptidoglycan is present (20%) where as in gram positive 80% of peptidoglycan is present as we know that muramic acid is one of the chemical composition of peptidoglycan