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Category: Staining Techniques

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Calcofluor White Staining: Principle, Procedure, and Application

Calcofluor white staining uses fluorescent dyes to stain the chitin and cellulose in the fungi, plants, and algae cell walls. Calcofluor binds non specifically to the chitin and cellulose, and...

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Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) Staining: Principle, Procedure, and Application

Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) is a staining technique for demonstrating the carbohydrates and fungal cell wall components. PAS can detect the presence of glycogen, polysaccharides, and mucin in the...

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Giemsa Stain: Principle, Procedure, Results

Giemsa stain is a type of Romanowsky stain named after Gustav Giemsa, a German chemist who created a dye solution. It was primarily designed for the demonstration of malarial parasites in blood...

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Preparation of Gram Stain Reagents

Gram staining requires the use of different chemical reagents which can be purchased in ready-to-use forms from commercial suppliers or can be prepared at the laboratory by mixing different chemicals...

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Capsule Stain: Principle, Procedure, Results

Capsule stain is a type of differential stain which uses acidic and basic dyes to stain the background and bacterial cells, respectively, so that presence of the capsule is easily...

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Simple Staining: Principle, Procedure, Uses

The simple stain can be used as a quick and easy way to determine the cell shape, size, and arrangement of bacteria. True to its name, the simple stain is a very simple staining procedure involving a...

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