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

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Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria  

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  • Gram Negative Aerobic Bacteria

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not use as a routine coordinate for a gram-negative aerobic bacterium; infection: coordinate with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 76; ACHROMATIACEAE was heading 1975-96; ACHROMATIUM, LEPTOTHRIX, & SPHAEROTILUS were headings 1963-96; ACHROMOBACTERIACEAE was heading 1975-91 (was see under GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA 1976-90)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006088

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