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.
Your body is pretty smart. It knows how to keep your temperature right around 98.6Â°F (37Â°C) to keep you and your cells healthy. Your skin can respond to messages sent out by your hypothalamus (say: hy-po-THAL-uh-mus), the brain's inner thermometer.