A Gram-positive bacterium is characterized by the ____

a. presence of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall
b. presence of a thick peptidoglycan cell wall
c. absence of a cell wall
d. presence of an outer membrane
e. absence of ribosomes


ANSWER: b

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b. 3?.
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