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[ adjective ] (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

Microscopically , the mucosa of the stomach showed extensive cytolysis and contained large_numbers of Gram-negative bacterial rods .

Related terms

gram-positive bacteria

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