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gram-variable

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gram-variable,
gram-positive bacteria that can become gram-negative after culturing.


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After 4 days, a gram-variable polymorphic rod, named nimes373, grew from both aerobic culture vials and yielded very small polymorphic colonies on Columbia sheep blood and blood-chocolate agar plates (Bio-Rad, Marnes-la-Coquette, France).
We studied the inhibitory effects of these plants against 15 other bacteria; six Gram-negative, six Gram-positive, and three Gram-variable bacteria (Table 3).
By the second hospital day, both admission blood cultures were growing Gram-variable bacilli that produced pink-pigmented colonies on blood agar.
 
 
 
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