Gram positifLes bactéries à Gram positif sont mises en évidence par une technique de coloration appelée coloration de Gram. Cette technique de coloration, qui permet de classifier les bactéries dans deux catégories générales, repose sur les caractéristiques membranaires et de paroi de la bactérie. Les bactéries à Gram positif apparaissent alors mauves au microscope. La coloration au Gram est un facteur déterminant dans la taxonomie (classification) bactérienne.
Naive T cellIn immunology, a naive T cell (Th0 cell) is a T cell that has differentiated in the thymus, and successfully undergone the positive and negative processes of central selection in the thymus. Among these are the naive forms of helper T cells (CD4+) and cytotoxic T cells (CD8+). Any naive T cell is considered immature and, unlike activated or memory T cells, has not encountered its cognate antigen within the periphery. After this encounter, the naive T cell is considered a mature T cell.
Clonal deletionIn immunology, clonal deletion is the removal through apoptosis of B cells and T cells that have expressed receptors for self before developing into fully immunocompetent lymphocytes. This prevents recognition and destruction of self host cells, making it a type of negative selection or central tolerance. Central tolerance prevents B and T lymphocytes from reacting to self. Thus, clonal deletion can help protect individuals against autoimmunity. Clonal deletion is thought to be the most common type of negative selection.
