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.
Rubbing alcohol will help remove dog ticks. Ticks don't like rubbing alcohol. Before you pull a tick off your dog put some rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball and rub it on the tick. This will make the tick loosen its grip and make it easier for you to remove it.Once the tick is removed dab again with alcohol to disinfect the wound. 1  This works on people too.oak the spot in rubbing alcohol for a few minutes before you put it in the washer. You can also use rubbing alcohol to remove ink stains around the house. ** See more of my articles on uses for ordinary things in the resource section below.