Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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The most fundamental reason for staining the sample is to improve the visualization of cell’s components or the cell. In some cases, staining is used for highlighting the metabolic processes and to distinguish between live and dead cells. A gram staining procedure was developed by Christian Gram, a Danish physician in 1884. In bacteriology, this method is employed widely.

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