Capsule Stain: Principle, Procedure, and Results
Capsule staining detects bacterial capsules — a key virulence factor. Learn the India ink and Anthony's methods, clinically important capsulated organisms, and the Quellung reactio...
Back to tags 
Tag
Bacterial Staining Technique
Lists of various staining techniques that are used to stain bacteria.
Simple Staining: Principle, Procedure, Results, and Uses in Microbiology
Simple staining uses a single basic dye to reveal bacterial cell morphology, size, and arrangement. Learn the methylene blue procedure, when simple staining is used over Gram stain...
Acridine Orange Staining: Principle, Procedure, Results, and Clinical Applications
Acridine orange is a fluorescent dye that detects bacteria in blood cultures, mycobacteria, fungi, and malaria parasites. Learn the principle, procedure, results interpretation, an...
Albert Stain: Principle, Composition, Procedure, and Results
Albert stain detects metachromatic (volutin) granules in Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a key presumptive identification test for diphtheria. Learn the two-reagent principle, step-by...
Endospore Staining: Principle, Schaeffer-Fulton Procedure, and Clinical Significance
Endospore staining detects heat-resistant bacterial spores in Bacillus and Clostridium species. Learn the Schaeffer-Fulton method, Dorner's method, spore position interpretation, a...
Auramine-Rhodamine Fluorochrome Staining: Principle, Procedure, and Results
Auramine-rhodamine is a WHO-recommended fluorochrome stain for detecting acid-fast bacilli, which is more sensitive than Ziehl-Neelsen and faster to screen. Learn the Truant method...
Gram Staining: Step-by-Step Procedure, Results & Interpretation Guide
Master gram staining: step-by-step procedure, results interpretation, clinical significance of each gram stain pattern, organism-specific appearances, quality control, and troubles...
Flagella Staining: Ryu Wet-Mount Technique, Flagellar Arrangements, and Interpretation
Flagella staining reveals the number and arrangement of bacterial flagella — key features for species identification. Learn the Ryu wet-mount method, flagellar arrangement types wi...
Ziehl-Neelsen Staining: Principle, Procedure, Grading, and Interpretation
The hot ZN acid-fast staining method step by step, why mycolic acid holds carbol fuchsin against acid-alcohol, WHO smear grading from scanty to 3+, and what a negative smear does a...
Staining Techniques in Microbiology: Which Stain for Which Specimen
A specimen-to-stain decision guide for the microbiology bench: which stain to use for TB, fungi, capsules, blood parasites, and more, with the principle behind each and links to fu...