gram-positive bacteria

  • 1Gram-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… …

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  • 2Gram-positive bacteria — Gram positive bacteria. См. грам положительные бактерии. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 3Gram positive bacteria — Bacteria with thick cell walls containing teichoic and lipoteichoic acid complexed to the peptidoglycan. See Gram stain …

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  • 4Gram-negative bacteria — Microscopic image of Gram negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria (pink red rods). Gram negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain crystal violet dye in the Gram staining protocol.[1] In a Gram …

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  • 5Gram-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… …

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  • 6gram-positive/negative —    Gram s Method is a staining procedure that separates bacteria into those that stain (positive) and those that don t (negative). Gram positive bugs cause such lovely things as scarlet fever, tetanus, and anthrax, while some of the gram negs can …

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  • 7Gram-positive — [gram′päz′ə tiv] adj. [also g ] designating bacteria that retain the color stain: see GRAM S METHOD …

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  • 8Gram-positive — /gram poz i tiv/, adj. (often l.c.) (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram s method. [1905 10; see GRAM S METHOD] * * * …

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  • 9Gram-positive — Gram′ pos′itive [[t]græm[/t]] adj. (often l.c.) mcr lab (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram s method • Etymology: 1905–10 …

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  • 10Gram-positive — adjective (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram s method • Similar to: ↑positive, ↑confirming • Topics: ↑bacteria, ↑bacterium …

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