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the primary stain that stains both gram-positive and gram-negative cells purple because dye enters the cytoplasm of both types of cells
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crystal violet
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the mordant that forms large crystals with the dye that are too large to escape through the cell wall
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iodine
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the counter-stain that turns the gram-negative bacteria, that are colorless after the alcohol wash, cells pink
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safranin
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the decolorizer that dehydrates the peptidoglycan of gram-positive cells to make it more impermeable to the crystal violet-iodine
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alcohol
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a differential stain which differentiates bacteria into distinctive groups
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acid-fast stain
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what two diseases can be diagnosed using the acid-fast stain
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tuberculosis and leprosy
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a degree to which a pathogen can cause disease
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virulence
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a special resistant, dormant structure formed within a cell that protects a bacterium from adverse environmental conditions
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endospore
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what is the standard unit of length
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meter (m)
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