Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Danish physician, Christian Gram in 1884, developed a gram staining procedure. In bacteriology, this method is employed widely. This technique will be carried first out in clinical laboratories during the diagnosis of infectious disease. This staining method is an example of the differential staining technique. Using this technique, most of the bacteria are classified into two groups.

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