One feature of the peptidoglycans found in E.coli and Staphylococcus which correlates positively with the relative thickness of the layers found in Gram positive and Gram negative cells is the;

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The length of the peptide crossbridges correlates positively with the relative thickness of the layers found in Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells. Gram-positive cells have thicker layers of peptidoglycan due to longer peptide crossbridges, while Gram-negative cells have thinner layers of peptidoglycan due to shorter peptide crossbridges. The structure of the glycan layer, length of the peptide chains, and amino acid sequence of the peptide chains or crossbridges do not have a significant correlation with the relative thickness of the layers found in Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells.

One Feature of the Peptidoglycans Found in E