Classification of Bacteria according to Gram stain

Classification of Bacteria according to Gram Stain
Bacteria fall into a category of life called the Prokaryotes (pro-carry-oats). Prokaryotes genetic material or DNA, is not enclosed in a cellular compartment called the nucleus. Bacteria and Archaea are the only prokaryotes. All other life forms are Eukaryotes (you-carry-oats), creatures whose cells have nuclei. (Note: viruses are not considered true cells, so they don t fit into either of these categories.) Bacteria are classified in many ways. Most bacteria are classified by their shape, cell wall, movement, eat and breathing. The most useful technique of classification would be the Gram stain. The Gram stain distinguishes between differences in the cell wall composition of bacteria (Gram positive or Gram negative).The shape of the bacteria could be spherical (coccus), rod (bacillus), spirochete, or vibrio (curved rod). The texture could be wet/moist, dry, or mucoid. Bacteria come in a wide variety of colors.
Classification Systems:
The classification of bacteria serves a variety of different functions. Because of this variety, bacteria may be grouped using many different typing schemes. The critical feature for all these classification systems is that the organism identified by one individual (scientist, clinician, epidemiologist), is recognized as the same organism by
another individual.