Is is best to observe slides of bacteria stained with the acid fast stain under high dry magnification. True or false

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A: Staphylococcus aureus It is a Gram positive coccus bacteria. These bacteria have the very distinct…

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A: A microscopic organism made of one cell is referred to as a prokaryote. Prokaryotic organisms do…

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Q: Let's assume that you were teaching the Gram stain to four students, and each student did one thing…

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Q: Match the organism with the method of staining best used to identify it. Salmonella Typhi…

A: Stain It is a substance that adheres to a cell, giving the cell color. The presence of color gives…

Q: Why is it necessary to use a 24-hrold culture in gram staining?

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Q: Why is heat-fixed procedure in bacterial smear preparation not ideal for capsular staining?

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Q: .Leifson's stain is made up of tannic acid, basic fuschin stain prepared in alcohol base .A .B F .c…

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Q: The bacterial cells in the image below were stained with a high concentration of carbolfuschin for…

A: Carbol fuchsin, carbolfuchsin, or carbol fuchsin is basically a mixture of "phenol" and basic…

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Q: During the preparation of the capsule stain, the slide used to spread the India ink/bacteria mixture…

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Q: Gram Stain Results: Staphylococcus aureus (a Gram-positive coccus) Escherichia coli (a Gram-negative…

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Q: Based from the results obtained from Gram staining, explain why bacterial cells retained or changed…

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Q: What is the purpose of iodine in the Gram stain?   To act as a counterstain   None of the other…

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Q: Gram-positive (+) bacteria with a thin peptidoglycan layer traps the crystal violet stain. Select…

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Q: The Gram staining procedure involves multiple steps with use different reagents. Complete the table…

A: Step 1 Christian Gram in 1884 developed a technique of staining bacteria called Gram staining.…

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Q: if there are features of the gram stain that are not as expected what possible sources or error may…

A: Gram staining is a general technique that is used to differentiate two larger groups of bacteria…

Q: After performing a Gram stain on a Gram negative bacteria, the specimen does not show pink or purple…

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Q: Gram straining procedure. Indicate the following information A. Shape........ B. Stained color…

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Q: Decolorization in Gram-staining removes safranin from gram-negative cells   True False

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Q: Gram stain: Cell shape: Based on your above results, indicate which tests need to be done & what…

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Q: Gram negative bacteria do not retain the stain when washed with alcohol.Comment.

A: Gram staining is a most important technique in the microbiology to differentiate the group of…

Q: What are the expected result after gram staining?   a. Crystal Violet = b. Gram Iodine =  c.…

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Q: Out of twelve tests that can be performed:  Gram Stain Wet Mount Endospore Staining Acid Fast…

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Q: You accidentally switch the Crystal violet and Safranin steps during your Gram stain. When you look…

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Q: You are reading culture plates today and identifying pathogens that grow from patient samples. Which…

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