The Gram-Negative Rods: now on tour
Me, looking at the digital display on my sister's car stereo: "Ooh, the Gram-Negative Rods? I don't think I've heard of that band. Where are they from?"
My sis (a nurse), cracking up: "That's a lecture!"
So bacteria have shapes, and sometimes they look like rods, and also sometimes they stain negative on a gram test, and the only thing I know about that is that it is not spelled Graham as in the delicious cracker. Thank you for coming to our Ted Talk!