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    Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial...
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    The Gram stain is used by microbiologists to place bacteria into two main categories, Gram-positive (+) and Gram-negative (−). Gram-positive bacteria have...
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    and gram-negative bacteria. It may also be used to diagnose a fungal infection. The name comes from the Danish bacteriologist Hans Christian Gram, who...
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  • resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDRGN bacteria) are a type of Gram-negative bacteria with resistance to multiple antibiotics. They can cause bacteria infections...
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    for components of the outermost membrane of the cell envelope of gram-negative bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella with a common structural architecture...
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    family Moraxellaceae. This genus, Moraxellaceae, comprises gram-negative coccobacilli bacteria: Moraxella lacunata, M. atlantae, M. boevrei, M. bovis, M...
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    experimental antibiotic compound that may be effective against Gram-negative bacteria. If it can be developed into a human-compatible form it would be...
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    of the outer membrane of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria. Endotoxins are released when the bacteria lyses, which is why after antibiotic treatment...
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  • threshold triggers altered gene expression. Performed by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, detection of autoinducers allows them to sense one another...
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    Penicillin (category GABAA receptor negative allosteric modulators)
    reduced permeability in bacteria, the mechanisms are different between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. In Gram-positive bacteria, blockage of penicillin...
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    peripheral enzyme E1 is an alpha2beta2 heterotetramerin eukaryotes. In Gram-negative bacteria, e.g. Escherichia coli, PDC consists of a central cubic core made...
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  • bacterial outer membrane called the periplasmic space in Gram-negative (more accurately "diderm") bacteria. Using cryo-electron microscopy it has been found...
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    80 species of bacteria were known to be capable of transformation, about evenly divided between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; the number might...
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  • bacterial cell walls, those of Gram-positive bacteria and those of Gram-negative bacteria, which are differentiated by their Gram staining characteristics....
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  • Both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria use quorum sensing, but there are some major differences in their mechanisms. For the bacteria to use...
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  • Atypical bacteria are bacteria that do not get colored by gram-staining but rather remain colorless: they are neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative. These...
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    Poly(ethylenimine) is also an effective permeabilizer of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Both linear and branched polyethylenimine have been used for CO2...
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  • Cell envelope (category Bacteria)
    comprises the inner cell membrane and the cell wall of a bacterium. In Gram-negative bacteria an outer membrane is also included. This envelope is not present...
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    cytoplasmic membrane by the twin-arginine translocation pathway (Tat). Gram-negative bacteria have two membranes, thus making secretion topologically more complex...
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    various diseases. The capsule—which can be found in both gram negative and gram-positive bacteria—is different from the second lipid membrane – bacterial...
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  • Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of Gram-negative bacteria which oxidize sugars or ethanol and produce acetic acid during fermentation. The acetic...
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  • walls of gram-negative bacteria and is recognized by TLR2, which is usually in a heterodimer of with TLR1 or TLR6. Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) from gram-positive...
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    that classify bacteria into Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria. The names originate from the reaction of cells to the Gram stain, a long-standing...
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    their chemical structure and are effective against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. One example is ciprofloxacin, one of the most widely used...
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    cases of septic shock are caused by gram-positive bacteria, followed by endotoxin-producing gram-negative bacteria, although fungal infections are an increasingly...
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  • types: Bacteria can enter the bloodstream in a number of different ways. However, for each major classification of bacteria (gram negative, gram positive...
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  • ESKAPE (category Antibiotic-resistant bacteria)
    to ESKAPEE to include Escherichia coli. This group of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria can evade or 'escape' commonly used antibiotics due to...
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    inhibit Gram positive bacteria and some Gram negative bacteria; narrow-spectrum antibiotic can only kill or inhibit limited species of bacteria. Currently...
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    culture medium for bacteria. It is designed to selectively isolate gram-negative and enteric (normally found in the intestinal tract) bacteria and differentiate...
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  • Spheroplast (category Bacteria)
    lysozyme. According to some definitions, the term is used to describe Gram-negative bacteria. According to other definitions, the term also encompasses yeasts...
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