Although simple stains are useful, they do not reveal details about the bacteria other than morphology and arrangement. The Gram stain is a differential stain commonly used in the microbiology ...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a virtual Gram staining technique that could transform how microbiologists stain and classify bacteria.

Bacterial vaginosis is confined to an asymptomatic ... solution (positive whiff or sniff test). As an alternative, Gram-stain-based microbiological diagnosis of BV has been proposed.

and to a less extent in the motility of bacteria, and their ability to retain Gram's stain. Differences in ability to grow at low surface tensions offer a valuable and simple means of differentiation ...

Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily require surgical intervention. Indications for surgical intervention in patients with Gram-negative endocarditis are ...

Gram staining - ALWAYS an IMPORTANT first step- determines Gram ... Practice 3: Upon performing the oxidase test on two unkown bacteria (A and B) a student notes that bacterium A immediately turns ...