gram's stain

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 100276595)
    is a type of: staining - (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
    same as: gram method, gram stain, gram's method, gram's procedure

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