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.
1. Remove Tick. If the tick is attached to the person's skin, remove it immediately: 1  Wearing gloves, grasp the tick with clean tweezers as close to the skin as possible to remove the head and mouthparts. 2  Pull the tick straight out gently and steadily. 3  Do not try to remove tick with a hot match or petroleum jelly. 4  Save the tick in a container of alcohol to show ...