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Staining |
Process of artificially coloring the organism with dyes/stains |
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Special staining |
Use to demonstrate special features of the cell. |
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1.CAPSULAR STAINS |
A.Hiss stain-Capsule is stained brown B.Tyler stain-Capsule is stained light violet C.Muir stain-Capsule is stained light blue D.Negative/Indirectly/relief staining for capsule
a. India ink/ Nigrosin-Capsule is unstained; background is a black. B.Congo red- Capsule is unstained; background I'd blue C. Anthony's stain- Capsule is unstained; background is purple |
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2.Stains for Metachromatic Granules |
A. Albert's stain- granules are block B. Neisser stain- granules are dark blue C Lindegran stain- granules are reddish brown D. Leader's alkaline methylene blue stain (LAMB)- granules are dark blue E. Burke's technique- modified gram's technique |
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3. Stain For Bipolar Bodies |
A. Wayson stain- bipolar bodies are red |
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4.Stain For Flagella |
A. Leifson stain- Flagella are red B.Gray's stain |
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5. Stain For Endospore |
A. Fulton-Schaeffer's technique- spores are green B. Dorner stain- spores are red C. Wirtz-Conklin stain- spores are green |
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6.Stain for Rickettsi and Chlamydia |
A.For Rickettsia A. Castaneda- blue B.Machaivello- red C.Giemsa- blue B. For Chlamydia A. Gimenez- inclusion bodies are red B. Machiavello- red C. Fiends- purple
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7.7. Stain For Spirochetes |
A. Fontana Tribondeau- spirochetes are dark brown or black B. Levaditi Silver impregnation- spirochetes are block C. India ink negative staining- spirochetes are unstained; black background |
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8. Stain for Mycoplasma |
A. Dienes stain- blue |
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9. Stain For cell wall |
A. Victoria blue dye- blue |
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10. Stains for Acid-Fast Bacilli |
A.. Ziehl Neelsen ( Hot method)- AFB are red B. Kinyoun ( Cold Method) - AFB are red C. Truant's Fluorescence technique D. Flickerson and kammer's Flourescence technique E. Pappenheim's method- diffetentiates mycobacterium tuberculosis (red/ positive ) from mycobacterium smegmatis ( blue / negative ) F. Baumgarten's method- differentiates mycobacteriu m tuberculosis (red / negative) G. Wadefite technique/ Fite Faraco technique- stain for mycbacterium leprae in tissue section; uses hematoxylin as secondary stain/ counterstain |
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11. Brown and Brenn Technique |
Modified Gram's stain for bacteria section |
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12. Warthin-Starrysilver stain |
Special staining for Bartonella, Helicobacter, Borrelia and Treponema |
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13. Hucker's modification of Gram's stain |
For fungi and they are all gram positive |
