Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria (definition)

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ψ	Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria

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Definition: A large group of aerobic bacteria which show up as pink (negative) when treated by the gram-staining method. This is because the cell walls of gram-negative bacteria are low in peptidoglycan and thus have low affinity for violet stain and high affinity for the pink dye safranine.

GEN: avoid; prefer specifics; do not use as a routine coord for a gram-negative aerobic bact; infection: coord IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM); DF: GRAM NEG AEROBIC BACT
Examples Acidobacteria; Caulobacter; Gallionellaceae; Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci; Gram-Negative Chemolithotrophic Bacteria; Thiotrichaceae; Vitreoscilla

Other names Gram Negative Aerobic Bacteria; Achromobacteriaceae; Achromatium; Achromatiaceae

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