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Category: Staining Techniques

Toluidine Blue Staining in Microbiology: Procedure, Uses

Bacteria are easier to detect in broth culture if the preparation is stained using toluidine blue 0.5% w/v, rather than stained by the Gram staining technique. Procedure of Toluidine Blue Staining...

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Flagella Staining: Procedure, Results

Most motile bacteria possess flagella. The shape, number, and position of flagella are important characteristics in differentiating genera and species identification. Staining bacterial...

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Ziehl-Neelsen Technique-AFB Staining

Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) acid-fast staining technique is used to stain Mycobacterium species, including M. tuberculosis, M. ulcerans, M. leprae, and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).  Detection of...

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Types of Staining Techniques Used in Microbiology

Structural details of organisms cannot be seen under a light microscope due to a lack of contrast. Hence, we use dyes to stain cells. Dyes bind with cellular constituents producing color contrast and...

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