This gene controls the operator gene in cooperation with a chemical substance called inducer present in the cytoplasm. A regulator gene is not necessarily adjacent to the operator gene which it controls. The regulator gene codes for and produces a protein called repressor.
The Gram-positive bacteria include staphylococci (staph), streptococci (strep), pneumococci, and the bacterium responsible for diphtheria (Cornynebacterium diphtheriae) and anthrax (Bacillus anthracis). The Danish bacteriologist J.M.C. Gram (1853-1938) devised a method of staining bacteria using a dye called crystal (gentian) violet. Gram's method helps distinguish between different types of bacteria. The gram-staining characteristics of bacteria are denoted as positive or negative, depending upon whether the bacteria take up and retain the crystal violet stain or not.
Anaerobic gram-positive cocci that produce large amounts of lactic acid during the process of carbohydrate fermentation were reclassified as Streptococcus parvulus and Streptococcus morbillorum from Peptococcus or Peptostreptococcus.heir slow growth and increasing resistance to antimicrobials, in addition to the polymicrobial nature of the infection, complicate treatment. Peptostreptococcus is the only genus among anaerobic gram-positive cocci encountered in clinical infections.