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No offense taken at all. Nowhere did I say or imply a gram stain would help anyone identify a bacteria. I was definitely under the impression however from everything I have read so far that the cell wall biofilm issue with gram negative bacteria was the very mechanic which makes them very difficult to treat and resistant to antibiotics and as I have contracted fish tank granuloma by not taking proper precautions was thinking bacteria that are more often resistant to known medications are something I take more seriously now a days. I will certainly do more research on the relationship between the gram negative bacteria and susceptibility to antibiotics in general as it seems to I might be misunderstanding something in a couple peoples opinions. However I will post this excerpt from wiki:Gram-negative bacteria are found everywhere, in virtually all environments on Earth that support life. The gram-negative bacteria include the model organism Escherichia coli, as well as many pathogenic bacteria, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Yersinia pestis. They are an important medical challenge, as their outer membrane protects them from many antibiotics(including penicillin); detergents that would normally damage the peptidoglycans of the (inner) cell membrane; and lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme produced by animals that forms part of the innate immune system