gram-negative bacterium

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• gram-negative bacterium — see gram negative, under G …   Medical dictionary

• 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-negative — adjective (of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram s method • Similar to: ↑negative, ↑disconfirming • Topics: ↑bacteria, ↑bacterium …   Useful english dictionary

• gram-negative — adjective (of a bacterium) that is not stained violet by Grams method Ant: gram positive …   Wiktionary

• 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 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 stain — 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… …   Medical dictionary

• Bacterium — A single celled microorganism which can exist either as an independent (free living) organism or as a parasite (dependent upon another organism for life). Examples include: {{}}Acidophilus, a normal inhabitant of yogurt, Chlamydia, which causes… …   Medical dictionary

• bacterium — noun (plural bacteria) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek baktērion staff Date: circa 1849 any of a domain (Bacteria) of prokaryotic round, spiral, or rod shaped single celled microorganisms that may lack cell walls or are gram positive or gram… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gram-positive — adjective (of a bacterium) that is stained violet by Grams method Ant: gram negative …   Wiktionary

• water bacterium — a gram negative bacterium capable of rapid growth in all types of water and producing pyrogenic infections, especially in immunocompromised hospital patients, occurring as a contaminant in hemodialysis fluids and in flood waters. The most common… …   Medical dictionary