- gram-positive
- adjective Date: 1907 holding the purple dye when stained by Gram's stain — used chiefly of bacteria
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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 — [gram′päz′ə tiv] adj. [also g ] designating bacteria that retain the color stain: see GRAM S METHOD … English World dictionary
Gram-positive — Bacillus cereus, lichtmikroskopisch, Gram Färbung: grampositiv Pseudomonas aeruginosa, lichtmikroskopisch, Gram Fä … Deutsch Wikipedia
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/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 … Herbal-medical glossary
Gram-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.
Gram-positive — Gram positif Les bactéries à Gram positif sont mises en évidence par une technique de coloration appelée coloration de Gram. Les bactéries à Gram positif apparaissent alors mauves au microscope. La technique de coloration repose sur les… … Wikipédia en Français
Gram positive — Gram positif Les bactéries à Gram positif sont mises en évidence par une technique de coloration appelée coloration de Gram. Les bactéries à Gram positif apparaissent alors mauves au microscope. La technique de coloration repose sur les… … Wikipédia en Français
Gram-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] * * * … Universalium
Gram-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 … From formal English to slang
gram-positive bacterium — see gram positive, under G … Medical dictionary
