Meaning of gram-positive | Babel Free

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1. That is stained violet by Gram's method
   not-comparable
2. That stains dark blue or violet after Gram staining, due to large quantities of peptidoglycan in the cell wall.
   not-comparable

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“Generally, ionophore antibiotics are highly effective against Gram-positive bacteria but exhibit little or no activity against Gram-negative bacteria (Chen and Wolin, 1979; Watanabe et al., 1981).”

“Note that L.^([Listeria]) monocytogenes is one of the few Gram-positive bacteria against which vancomycin is not effective — hence the need for ampicillin.”

“The majority of Gram-positive (82%) and Gram-negative (64%) genera carry either ribosomal protection genes alone or in combination with efflux/enzymatic genes as illustrated in Table 7.2.”

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