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:

a. The ability to move
b. The ability to attach to other cells
c. The ability to metabolize
d. The ability to use oxygen
e. The ability to have a gram stain result


Answer: e. The ability to have a gram stain result

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