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Gram's method

Gram's method proper noun: a staining technique, using a sequence of crystal violet, iodine and safranine, used to differentiate bacteria into two large groups of species.

Proper noun

Gram's method

  1. A staining technique, using a sequence of crystal violet, iodine and safranine, used to differentiate bacteria into two large groups of species.
    Synonyms:
    Gram staining

Synonyms of Gram's method

Origin of Gram's method

After Hans Christian Gram, Danish bacteriologist.

Questions about Gram's method

What does Gram's method mean?
Gram's method means a staining technique, using a sequence of crystal violet, iodine and safranine, used to differentiate bacteria into two large groups of species.
What part of speech is Gram's method?
Gram's method is a proper noun.

Words near Gram's method in the dictionary

  1. gram panchayats
  2. gram sansad
  3. gram sansads
  4. Gram staining
  5. Gram stainings
  6. Gram's method
  7. gram-molecular weight
  8. gram-molecular weights
  9. gram-negative
  10. gram-positive
  11. gram.

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