Example sentences for: gram-negative

How can you use “gram-negative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Predominant culturable bacteria were identified as common gram-negative environmental isolates and included Alcaligenes faecalis and Brevundimonas diminuta , which occasionally serve as opportunistic human pathogens.

  • Although the ratio of Gram-positive cocci to Gram-negative rods isolated from all catheters was approximately 1, the ratio increased approximately three fold in CRI.

  • Osteoblasts were incubated with various concentrations of major surface components of S. aureus , peptidoglycan and teichoic acid, as well as LPS of gram-negative bacteria to determine if these were potential inducers of TRAIL expression.

  • Colistin is a cationic polypeptide antibiotic of the polymyxin family that is rapidly bactericidal to Gram-negative bacteria.

  • In response to minute concentrations of LPS derived from certain Gram-negative bacteria, macrophages secrete cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and IL-6, which contribute to the containment of infection and help to initiate a specific immune response.


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