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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria

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Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria  

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Definition

  • A large group of aerobic bacteria which show up as pink (negative) when treated by the gram-staining method. This is because the cell walls of gram-negative bacteria are low in peptidoglycan and thus have low affinity for violet stain and high affinity for the pink dye safranine.

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Entry terms

  • Gram Negative Aerobic Bacteria
  • txid44937

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