gram-positive
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.73 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That is stained violet by Gram's method
adj
That stains dark blue or violet after Gram staining, due to large quantities of peptidoglycan in the cell wall.
Example Sentences
- "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."