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gram-negative (gram-neg´ә-tiv) losing the stain or being decolorized by alcohol when Gram stain is applied; this is a primary characteristic of bacteria whose cell wall is composed of a thin layer of peptidoglycan covered by an outer membrane of lipoprotein and lipopolysaccharide.
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