Gram-positive

• “In contrast to so-called Gram-positive bacteria, like MRSA, these microscopic enemies are Gram-negative, meaning they have tougher outer membranes which block out many antibiotics, and an unnerving ability to pump out others, making them much harder to take on and beat.”

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• “Ten years ago, scientists believed the greatest threat from drug-resistant infections involved what are known as Gram-positive bacteria, which include the so-called superbug MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus).”

  The Guardian: Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria

• “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are "Gram-positive," while the oil-eating bacteria are Gram-negative.”

  The Huffington Post: Riki Ott: Bio-Remediation or Bio-Hazard? Dispersants, Bacteria & Illness in the Gulf

• “Gram-positive bacteria have a single-membrane cell wall, while Gram-negative bacteria have a double-membrane cell wall.”

  The Huffington Post: Riki Ott: Bio-Remediation or Bio-Hazard? Dispersants, Bacteria & Illness in the Gulf

• “Gram-positive bacteria, including gram-positive spore forms, are absent or rare in most tundra sites.”

  Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic

• “You may have understood Listeria Monocytogenes to be a Gram-positive rod shaped bacteria commonly found in soil, streams, sewage and food (stay off the Brie if you are pregnant) and responsible for a rare but possibly lethal food-borne infection, Listeriosis.”

  Listeria Bibliophilogenes

• ““OkayToKiss will turn blue if a person has enzymes in the mouth produced by the Gram-positive bacteria,” said Mel Rosenberg, a scientist at Tel Aviv University.”

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• “L. monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium that moves by means of flagella.”

  Listeriosis

• “The majority, however, is biochemically fixed in ecosystems by specialized micro-organisms, all of which are bacteria of various types, including a varity of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, actinomycetes, and cyanobacteria.”

  Nitrogen cycle

• “I am not a microbiologist, but my responsibilities at work often require that I understand the difference between a cocci and a rod, Gram-negative and a Gram-positive, and which organisms are "objectionable".”

  Staphylococcus aureus

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