Gram staining and mycoplasma

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Lothric

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Yo,

FA mentions that mycoplasma contains sterols, which do not Gram stain. Why do they mention this when mycoplasma do not have a cell wall? Gram's staining is based on cell walls, so why bother commenting that?
 
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