| gram-negative |
(of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method
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| gram-negative |
A negative (or positive) reaction to the standard Gram's stain for bacteria.
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| gram-negative |
Bacteria that fail to take up Gram stains during histological preparation for identification: typically bacteria present in the bowel rather than the throat and respiratory tissues. Examples of infections caused by this class of bacteria include the plague, tularemia, cholera and typhoid fever.
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| gram-negative |
refers to bacteria that have a thick double cell wall that contains lipopolysaccharide or endotoxin; these bacteria lose a violet stain when rinsed.
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| gram-negative |
Bacteria that will decolorise, ie lose the stain, when exposed to alcohol in Gram's method of staining.
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