Question

Acids are, by nature, generally polar compounds. Which bacterial type is likely to be more affected by acid-based disinfectants? Gram-positive bacteria Gram-negative bacteria

Answer 1

Answer ---- (A) Gram positive bacteria.

The bacteria which are more affected by acid based disinfectant are gram positive bacteria.

Bacteria are the type of the biological cell which do have different shapes and are majorly of the prokaryotic types that are found in nature and they can harm body when ingested.

Now there are two category of the bacteria they are gram positive and gram negative but if we see what they are so ; gram terms was on the name of the scientist who found the presence of layer on the bacteria.

They showed a dye and said that if a bacteria will be a gram positive then it means its having a thick peptidoglycan layer on it and it will turn people if it will be positive.

So by this it got cleared that gram positive bacteria have a very thick peptidoglycan layer on the surface but doesnot have outer lipid layer. And they respond to dye showing peuple colour.

And the gram negative bacteria have very thin peptidolycan layer with a lipid.layer outside and they dont turn purple with that dye.

DISINFECTANTS ARE THE CHEMICALS WHICH ARE USED TO KILLS THE BACTERIA.

So now conclusively as the gram positive bacferia have thick peptidoglycan and they do not have outer lipid layer they are more affected with the acid based disinfectant because one reason is the absence of outer lipid layer and second is that thick peptidoglycan layer use to absorb the chemicals substance very easily and so they are more affected by this disinfectant.

Those microbes have endospores or virus those whom are having coat are less affected to disinfectant.

And those gram negative bacteria having outer lipid layer and a thin peptidoglycan layer so they don't easily accept the chemicals or absorbs the chemical and they are less affected.

So the answers is A gram positive bacteria.

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