|
|
1. (n.) Gram's method
(sometimes l.c.) a method of characterizing bacteria that involves staining a slide of fixed specimens with gentian violet, washing with alcohol, and applying a counterstain.
Etymology: (after Hans C. J. Gram (1853–1938), Danish bacteriologist)
|
| Definition of 'gram's method' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) 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
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'gram's method' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of gram's method 
