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Periplasm
The
periplasm
is a concentrated gel-like
matrix
in the space between the inner
cytoplasmic
membrane and the
bacterial outer membrane
called the
periplasmic space
in
gram-negative
bacteria
. It has been found using
cryo-electron microscopy
, that a much smaller periplasmic space is present in
gram-positive bacteria
.
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