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Noun gram's procedure has 1 sense
- Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain - 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
--1 is a kind of staining
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Gram's Procedure
Definition: Gram's Procedure is a microbiological technique used to classify bacteria into two major groups, Gram-positive and Gram-negative, based on their cell wall structure.
Senses:
- Noun: Refers to the specific technique developed by the Danish bacteriologist Hans Christian Gram.
- Noun: Can also pertain to the overall process of staining and analyzing bacteria using the Gram stain method.
Examples:
- The microbiologist performed Gram's procedure to identify the bacterial strain as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative.
- Gram's procedure involves the sequential application of crystal violet, iodine, alcohol, and safranin to stain and differentiate bacteria.
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