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1. n. a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative Source: wordnet

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bacteria gentian retain treated violet Gram-negative Gram-positive alcohol classify safranine solution stained staining technique washed water

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gram atom gram calorie gram equivalent Gram method gram molecule

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