TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Gram Stain A1 - Pfennig, Camiron L. A1 - Brown, B. Ethan A2 - Knoop, Kevin J. A2 - Stack, Lawrence B. A2 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Thurman, R. Jason PY - 2021 T2 - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - The 1st step in the identification of a predominant bacterial organism in a specimen. Classifies an organism by its cell wall’s ability to retain crystal violet dye during solvent treatment. Morphology of the organism is also identified. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181052885 ER -