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Tag: Fungal Staining Methods

link to Calcofluor White Staining: Principle, Procedure, and Application

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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Slide Culture for Fungi: Principle, Procedure, Results

Slide-culture is a rapid method of preparing fungal colonies for examination and identification with little disturbance as possible. Fungal isolates are grown directly on the slide on a thin film of...

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KOH Mount: Principle, Procedure, Results, Uses  

Potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparation is one of the most common direct fungal stains; others are PAS (periodic-acid Schiff), GMS (Grocott's methenamine silver stain), and calcofluor white. It is...

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Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LPCB) Mounts

The lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) wet mount preparation is the most widely used method of staining and observing fungi and is simple to prepare. The preparation has the following...

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