The use of the Gram stain in microbiology is important because it differentiates

A) Bacteria from Archaea.
B) prokaryotic from eukaryotic cells.
C) bacterial cells with different types of cell walls.
D) archaeal cells with different types of metabolism.


Answer: C

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