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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Gram Stain Mechanism Mnemonic
"Murein gets the red out" [Allusion to an old eye-wash slogan]: Peptidoglycan (aka murein) remains purple during Gram staining. The Gram negatives, devoid of murein, are red. Thus, murein prevents redness and are purple (positive).
