Gram-positive bacteria — Gram positive bacteria, stained purple, of both the bacillus (“rod shaped”) and coccus (spherical) forms. A few Gram negative bacteria are also present, stained pink. Numbered ticks are eleven (11) microns apart. Gram positive… … Wikipedia
Gram-positive — bacteria retain the color of the crystal violet stain in the Gram stain. This is characteristic of bacteria that have a cell wall composed of a thick layer of a particular substance (called peptidologlycan). The Gram positive bacteria include… … Medical dictionary
Gram-positive — Bacillus cereus, lichtmikroskopisch, Gram Färbung: grampositiv Pseudomonas aeruginosa, lichtmikroskopisch, Gram Fä … Deutsch Wikipedia
gram-positive — a. denoting a class of bacteria stainable by method invented by H. J. C. Gram, Danish physician. ♦ gram negative, a. denoting class of bacteria not stainable thus … Dictionary of difficult words
gram-positive — adjective (of a bacterium) that is stained violet by Grams method Ant: gram negative … Wiktionary
Gram staining — (or Gram s method) is an empirical method of differentiating bacterial species into two large groups (Gram positive and Gram negative) based on the chemical and physical properties of their cell walls.cite book | last = Bergey | first = David H.… … Wikipedia
Gram-negative — bacteria lose the crystal violet stain (and take the color of the red counterstain) in Gram s method of staining. This is characteristic of bacteria that have a cell wall composed of a thin layer of a particular substance (called peptidoglycan).… … Medical dictionary
Gram method — Gram stain an empirical staining procedure in which microorganisms are stained with crystal violet, treated with 1:15 dilution of strong iodine solution, decolorized with ethanol or ethanol acetone, and counterstained with a contrasting dye,… … Medical dictionary
Gram's stain — or Gram stain gram n 1) a method for the differential staining of bacteria that involves fixing the bacterial cells to a slide and staining usu. with the basic dye crystal violet, treating with an iodine solution to fix the dye, washing with… … Medical dictionary
gram-variable — gram vari·able gram ver ē ə bəl, var adj staining irregularly or inconsistently by Gram s stain * * * gram var·i·a·ble (gram varґe ə bəl) appearing to be a mixture of gram positive and gram negative organisms, said of gram positive… … Medical dictionary
