What is the primary stain in the Kinyoun acid-fast stain? How does this differ from the primary stain in the Ziehl-Neelsen method?

Q: What is the purpose of the alcohol (OH) in the gram staining process?

A: Usually, microbes are colorless, so it’s very difficult to see them even after magnifying under…

Q: Explain the reasons you would use a negative stain?

A: In a negative stain the slide is actually stained. This is because the negatively charged stain…

Q: What is the usual stain used for staining a sputum smear?

A: Essentially, sputum comprises of a combination of saliva and mucus. additionally named as phlegm, It…

Q: What are the sources of error in performing Gram staining?

A: Bacteria can be divided into two categories namely gram positive(with thin layer of peptidoglycan)…

Q: Crystal violet is an example of what type of stain?

A: A stain is used to clearly view a specimen under the microscope. For staining, a smear of the…

Q: Why must heat or a surface-active agent be used with application of the primary stain during…

A: Microbiology is the study of microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. The microorganisms…

Q: Why are basic dyes more effective for bacterial staining than acidic dyes?

A: Staining is a technique used in slide preparation to colour the specimen.      With light microscopy…

Q: Why is the Gram stain considered a differential stain?

A: Prokaryotes are the primitive organisms that were the first to develop and harness life on Earth.…

Q: For a stain to be considered differential, what must it do?

A: Differential stain uses more than two stains.

Q: In gram staining, could colors other than red be used as a counterstain?

A: A counterstain is a stain with color contrasting to the principle stain, making the stained…

Q: Is heat fixation used on bacterial smears that will undergo a capsule stain or flagella stain…

A: In capsule staining procedure “we do not heat fix and rinse the smear with water” as heat and water…

Q: What is the purpose of acid-fast staining? What information can you gain from this procedure? Please…

A: The acid-fast stain is used to identify acid-fast organisms. Acid-fast organisms posess nearly…

Q: Which step is the most crucial or most likely to cause poor results in the Gram stain?

A: Gram staining is a common technique that is used to differentiate bacteria into two broad groups…

Q: what are the regeants and results for Mann’s methyl blue-eosin stain

A: Mann's methyl blue eosin strain- is formulated to demonstrate Negri bodies in the tissue section it…

Q: What is a differential stain? why is it used?

A: Differential stain is a type of stain use to identify organisms.

Q: What is the principle of Giemsa staining and  components of Giemsa stain?

A: The cells are the basic structural and fundamental unit of the living system. It consists of…

Q: What are the most commonly used methods in staining? why?

A: Introduction  Staining is a technique for enhancing contrast in material, usually on a tiny scale.…

Q: Choose the dyes or reagents used in the Endospore stain. (More than one choices are correct)   a…

A: Simple stains- A stain that employs a single stain to color a bacteria: they are quick and easy.…

Q: What would be the result of the gram stain if acid alcohol is used as a decolorizer rather than the…

A: Gram staining is a common technique used to differentiate two large groups of bacteria based on…

Q: With what kind of gram stain do you use heat fixation? What is the purpose of heat fixation? What…

A: Gram stain Gram staining is a method of staining which is used to classify the bacterial species…

Q: What is an example of a negative stain?

A: The bacteria is the unicellular prokaryotic organism that maintains a definite shape since it…

Q: What's the theory and conclusion of a acid fast stain?

A: It was Ziehl who originally devised differential staining procedures, that were later refined by…

Q: Which type of stain would be the best choice for negative staining of most bacterial cells: a basic…

A: Gram staining is a technique which is used to identify the bacterial cell type, whether it is gram…

Q: Which step of the gram stain procedure is most critical?why?

A: Gram staining is one of the most common laboratories test to identify the different bacterial…

Q: How does viability staining differ from stains like DAPI?

A: Staining is the technique in biology, which increases the visibility at the microscopic level. Dyes…

Q: The decolorizer used in the Gram Stain, and the decolorizer used in the Acid Fast Stain, are the…

A: Hi! Thank you for the questions. As you have posted multiple questions, I will be answering the…

Q: What is the difference between Giemsa and Wright stain?

A: Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in samples, generally at the microscopic level.…

Q: Why must young cultures be used when doing a Gram stain?

A: Gram staining is a common technique that is used to differentiate bacteria into two broad groups…

Q: How do Blood agar & EMB agar help us to identify organisms more specifically than a gram stain?

A: How do Blood agar & EMB agar help us to identify organisms more specifically than a gram stain?

Q: What is the mordant in the spore stain?

A: A mordant is any substance, which is used as a fixative to bind the dye on the substance.

Q: Why is it called as differential stain

A: Staining is a technique used in slide preparation to color the specimen.With light microscopy,…

Q: What is the procedure for methylene blue stain on e.coli?

A: Methylene Blue is a cationic stain, which binds to negatively charged parts of the cells, such as…

Q: Which step in the Gram stain procedure is most prone to error? If done incorrectly, how might that…

A: The differential stain is used to distinguish between different structures and cellular components.…

Q: Illustrated Diagram: Make an illustrated diagram of a stepwise procedure for the performance of…

A: The staining is done to enhance the visualization of cell and certain cellular component under a…

Q: What is a crystal violet stain and its purpose?

A: Crystal violet is that the name given to the cluster of similar organic compounds that are used as…

Q: what is the function of each one of the Gram-stain reagents?

A: Gram staining is the technique used to classify the bacterial species into broad groups based on the…

Q: Write the instructions, reagents, principles and the procedures for the following.  1. Periodic acid…

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Q: What is the function of a mordant, and which reagent serves this purpose in the Gram stain…

A: An extensively used microbiological method of staining is called a Gram stain. It significantly…

Q: How does the age of a culture affect the Gram stain reaction? What is an optimum culture age for a…

A: To identify the unknown bacteria this gram staining is used. This staining technique differentiate…

Q: What is the primary stain for the Ziehl-Neelson acid fast stain? What color is this stain? What…

A: In microbiology, the technique that is used to enhance the contrast in samples, at the microscopic…

Q: Why is it incorrect to say that the GFP is a “staining” method?

A: Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a protein composed of 238 amino acid residues (26.9 kDa) that…

Q: What is the purpose of iodine in the gram staining process? Explain.

A: Gram stains are used to distinguish between bacteria with and without cell walls. When the gramme…

Q: Since the dyes for the Gram stain are not specific to the bacteria theystain, what mistakes in the…

A: Gram staining is a technique used for staining the microbial samples. It was performed by the…

Q: what are the reagents for the four major steps of the gram stain procedure

A: Gram staining protocol is used to differentiate between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria by…

Q: k there are 2 staining reagents applied in differential s

A: Differential Staining-  It is a staining process which uses more than one staining reagent.  it is…

Q: What is acid fast staining and why do we use gram staining more?

A: Staining is a method in which images of specimens enhanced at microscopic level. It is commonly used…

Q: What is the type of gram stain?

A: Gram stain or Gram staining, also called Gram's method, is a method of staining used to classify…

Q: How can the thickness of the smear affect the staining procedure?

A: Smear can e defined as the spread of cells in a layer to observe it under microscope. Since, cells…

Q: Name two fixatives used in staining?

A: Histology is the study of ultrastructure of tissues using thin sectioning techniques like microtomy,…

Q: What is the difference between simple and differential stains? Give an example of a differential…

A: Bacteria are microorganisms that are colorless for most of the part and in order to study their…

Microbial Isolation

Isolation of the microorganisms in microbiology is the process of developing a pure culture by separating one species of microbe from a mixture of many other species. A pure culture is a culture that contains only one species of microbe.