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As a budding basic scientist you work in a research laboratory and discover a chemical that removes the cell wall from bacteria but leaves the organism undamaged otherwise. Things that the bacteria will lose because of this include?

Answer:

* A. The ability to stain gram positive: all will look gram negative
* B. The ability to move
* C. The ability to have a gram stain result
* D. The ability to attach to other cells

Correct Answer: C

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