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Categories: Staining, 1884 in biology, long volume value, Danish inventions, Bacteriology
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Gram's method  Gram method  Gram's procedure  Gram's stain  Gram stain
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A staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative WordNet 3.0
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A staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In microbiology and bacteriology, Gram stain, is a method of staining used to classify bacterial species into two large groups: gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative bacteria. Wikipedia
Microbiological method for identification Wikidata
A staining technique, using a sequence of crystal violet, iodine and safranine, used to differentiate bacteria into two large groups of species. Wiktionary
Gram's method of distinguishing the two main groups of bacteria. Wiktionary
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staining
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Gram
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Gram
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain
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Gram stain
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Gram staining
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Gram's method, Gram staining
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Gram's method, Gram's stain, Gram-categorization, Gram-indeterminate, gram-stain, Gram-staining, Gram-variable, Gram indeterminant, Gram indeterminate, Gram stain, Gram Stain, Gram staining, Gram status, Gram variable
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Gram's method, Gram-negative, Gram-positive, Gram stain, Gram stain method, Gram staining method

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