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What does gram-negative mean?

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Adjective
  1. (medicine) that is not stained violet by Gram's method
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The presence of toxins from gram-negative bacilli can cause severe endotoxin reactions, including shock, and deaths have been reported.
The FrpC module is an iron-regulated protein produced by the gram-negative bacterium Neisseria meningitides.
The aminopenicillins were the first penicillins discovered to be active against gram-negative rods such as E. coli and H. influenzae.
Neisseria meningitides is a gram-negative diplococcus bacterium and is the main causative agent of meningitis and other meningococcal diseases.
They reported a new gram-negative spiral bacterium found in gastric mucosa and associated with active, chronic gastritis.
Antimicrobial agents, colistin and nalidixic acid, suppress growth of gram-negative organisms.

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