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Gram-Positive Bacteria

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Definition: Bacteria which retain the crystal violet stain when treated by Gram's method.  GEN: avoid; prefer specifics; do not use as a routine coord for a gram-positive bact; infection   
Examples Actinobacteria; Bacillales; Gram-Positive Cocci; Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria; Gram-Positive Rods; Lactobacillales
Other names Gram Positive Bacteria
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
lipoteichoic acid  56411-57-5   *Lipopolysaccharides *Teichoic Acids Gram-Positive Bacteria. Ann Intern Med 88(3):422;1978; Antimicrob Agents Chemother 16(2):134;1979; Biochemistry 17(24):5275;1978; Biochim Biophys Acta 1979;575(2):225; Biochim Biophys Acta 1979;575(3):389; Exp Models of Chromic Inflammatory Dis W3 BA266 1976e:p. 283; Infect Immun 16(2):649;1977; Infect Immun 1979;25(1):75; Infect Immun 1979;26(3):1079; Infect Immun 1979;26(3):892; Infect Immun 22(1):107;1978; Infect Immun 22(1):255;1978; Infect Immun 22(1):286;1978; Inflammation 2(2):151;1978; J Biol Chem 1980;255(4):1521; J Clin Invest 61:671;1978; J Exp Med 143(4):759;1976; J Immunol Methods 1980;32(2):167; Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 159(1):126;1978; Rev Infect Dis 1979;1(5):787

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