a spin-off company of Japanese bioventure NextGeM Inc., the technology uses deep learning to identify bacteria from Gram stains, a common test used to classify bacteria into two broad categories ...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a virtual Gram staining technique that could transform how microbiologists stain and classify bacteria.

Although simple stains are useful, they do not reveal details about the bacteria other than morphology and arrangement. The Gram stain is a differential stain commonly used in the microbiology ...

Gram staining - ALWAYS an IMPORTANT first step- determines Gram reaction ... Practice 3: Upon performing the oxidase test on two unkown bacteria (A and B) a student notes that bacterium A immediately ...

Gram-positive bacteria: A group of bacteria that have a thick cell wall and retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining procedure, making them appear purple under a microscope.