Generally, ionophore antibiotics are highly effective against Gram-positive bacteria but exhibit little or no activity against Gram-negative bacteria (Chen and Wolin, 1979; Watanabe et al., 1981).
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Gram-positive
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Catalan
1 entries- gramnpositiu adj (stained violet by Gram's method)
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1 entries- grampositiv adj (stained violet by Gram's method)
Italian
1 entries- gram-positivo adj (stained violet by Gram's method)
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Note that L.^([Listeria]) monocytogenes is one of the few Gram-positive bacteria against which vancomycin is not effective — hence the need for ampicillin.
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The majority of Gram-positive (82%) and Gram-negative (64%) genera carry either ribosomal protection genes alone or in combination with efflux/enzymatic genes as illustrated in Table 7.2.
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