Gram-positive ((of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method). Gram-negative ((of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method). Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of bacteria):
Outdoors experts: Keep ticks off by spraying repellent on your clothes. A female deer tick. Shane Wilkinson, camping equipment manager at Bass Pro Shops in the Fingerlakes Mall, said he was among those who mistakenly thought this past winter was going to put a real hurt on the ticks.
Mostly, itâs these ticks that gives illnesses to people: 1  American dog tick, also called a wood tick. 2  Blacklegged tick, also called a deer tick. 3  Brown dog tick.  Gulf Coast 1  tick. Lone star tick.  Rocky Mountain wood 1  tick. Western blacklegged  tick.