革兰氏阴性

gé lán shì yīn xìng

Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)

animal hide

lán

abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu

shì

(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan")

yīn

variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

xìng

nature