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Gram-Negative Bacteria
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Definition
: Bacteria which lose crystal violet stain but are stained pink when treated by Gram's method.
GEN: avoid; prefer specifics; do not use as a routine coord for a gram-negative bact; infection
Examples
Anaplasmataceae
;
Arcobacter
;
Bartonellaceae
;
Brachyspira
;
Buchnera
;
Campylobacter
;
Chlamydiales
;
Chloroflexus
;
Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria
;
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria
;
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods
;
Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria
;
Helicobacter
;
Lawsonia Bacteria
;
Methylosinus
;
Oceanospirillaceae
;
Ornithobacterium
;
Piscirickettsiaceae
;
Planctomycetales
;
Rhodobacter
;
Rhodomicrobium
;
Rhodovulum
;
Rickettsiaceae
;
Roseobacter
;
Spirillaceae
;
Tenericutes
;
Verrucomicrobia
Other names
Gram Negative Bacteria