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13 Cards in this Set
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What stain is used for a Simple Stain?
And what color is the microbe/background |
Methylene Blue
colorless background blue microbe |
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What stains can you do with
Methylene Blue? |
Simple Stain
Acid-Fast Stain |
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What stain do you use for a Negative stain?
Microbes? Organism and bacground? |
Congo Red(Micrococcus) or Nigrosin (Bacillus)
microbe is unstained background is stained |
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What stains can you do with Safranin?
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Gram- Stain
Spore Stain |
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How do you do a Gram -Stain?
What is a gram stain based on? (cell wall structure) |
Crystal violet
Iodine(mordant) Decolorizer Safranin |
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Gram Stains React with what two types and what color do they turn?
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Gram Positive: Purple/violet/blue
Gram Negative: Red/Pink |
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On What can DECOLORIZING AGENTS be used on?
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Decolorizer (gram stain)
Acid-alcohol (acid-fast) |
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Capsule Stains?
Microbe? Background? |
Capsule is clear
Microbe is stained Background is stained |
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STEAMING METHODS are used for what two stains?
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Acid Fast Stain
Spore Stain |
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Spore Stain Dyes?
Microbe Color? |
Malachite Green and Safranin
Spore stain- GREEN Non spore stain- RED/PINK |
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Alternate Names for:
Acid-Fast Spore-Stain |
ACID-FAST
Ziehl-Neelsen SPORE STAIN Schaeffer-Fulton |
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HOW DO YOU DO AN
ACID FAST STAIN? Microbe color? |
carbol fuchsin
acid-alcohol Methylene Blue POS-red/pink NEG- blue |
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Counter Stains?
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Safranin (gram & spore stains)
Methylene Blue (acid-fast) |
