A large group of aerobic bacteria which show up as pink (negative) when treated by the gram-staining method. This is because the cell walls of gram-negative bacteria are low in peptidoglycan and thus have low affinity for violet stain and high affinity for the pink dye safranine.
Synonyms: Gram Negative Aerobic Bacteria, Achromobacteriaceae, Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria, Achromatium, txid44937, Achromatiaceae
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76; ACHROMATIACEAE was heading 1975-96; ACHROMATIUM, LEPTOTHRIX, & SPHAEROTILUS were headings 1963-96; ACHROMOBACTERIACEAE was heading 1975-91 (was see under GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA 1976-90) ,76; ACHROMATIACEAE was heading 1975-96; ACHROMATIUM, LEPTOTHRIX, & SPHAEROTILUS were headings 1963-96; ACHROMOBACTERIACEAE was heading 1975-91 (see under GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA 1976-90) ,general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not use as a routine coordinate for a gram-negative aerobic bacterium; infection: coordinate with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS ,use GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA to search ACHROMATIACEAE 1975-96; ACHROMATIUM, LEPTOTHRIX, & SPHAEROTILUS 1966-96, & ACHROMOBACTERIACEAE 1975-91
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