Gram-Negative Bacteria (definition)

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ψ	Gram-Negative Bacteria

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Definition: Bacteria which lose crystal violet stain but are stained pink when treated by Gram's method.

GEN: avoid; prefer specifics; do not use as a routine coord for a gram-negative bact; infection
Examples Anaplasmataceae; Arcobacter; Bartonellaceae; Brachyspira; Buchnera; Campylobacter; Chlamydiales; Chloroflexus; Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria; Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria; Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods; Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria; Helicobacter; Lawsonia Bacteria; Methylosinus; Oceanospirillaceae; Ornithobacterium; Piscirickettsiaceae; Planctomycetales; Rhodobacter; Rhodomicrobium; Rhodovulum; Rickettsiaceae; Roseobacter; Spirillaceae; Tenericutes; Verrucomicrobia

Other names Gram Negative Bacteria

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