Toluidine blue is a basic dye with its use in histology and cytology for staining acidic structures in cells. It is commonly employed to stain tissues for light microscopy. This dye is particularly...
Category: Staining Techniques
Most motile bacteria possess flagella. The shape, number, and position of flagella are important characteristics in differentiating genera and species identification. Staining bacterial...
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...
Due to a lack of contrast, the structural details of organisms cannot be seen under a light microscope. Hence, we use dyes to stain cells. Dyes bind with cellular constituents, producing color...