Gram positive staining
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Gram negative staining
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This is in contrast to Gram-negative, which cannot retain the crystal
violet stain, instead taking up the counterstain (safranin or fuchsine) and appearing red or pink
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Gram-positive organisms
are able to retain the crystal violet stain because of the high amount of peptidoglycan in
the cell
wall.
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Positive stain stick with
specimen and gives it's color
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Negative dye doesn't stick
with the specimen but settle around it's outer boundary and forming a
silhouette. that negative stain produce a dark back ground around the cell
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Sunday, 6 April 2014
Gram positive staining vs Gram negative staining
Labels:
Microbiology,
Nursing Notes
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