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- noun See Gram's method, stain.
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- noun medicine A
staining technique , using a sequence ofcrystal violet ,iodine andsafranine , used todifferentiate bacteria into two large groups ofspecies .
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- noun 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
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from Hans Christian Gram Danish bacteriologist.
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