Stains
Cheek Cells Without Stain
Cheek Cells with Simple Stain (Methylene Blue)
Simple Stain: Negative Stain
Differential Stains: Gram Stain Color of Gram + Gram – Primary stain: Crystal violet Purple Mordant: Iodine Decolorizing agent: Alcohol-acetone Colorless Counterstain: Safranin Pink
Gram Positive and Gram Negative Bacteria
Prokaryotic Cell Drawing
Outer membrane Peptidoglycan GRAM NEGATIVE GRAM POSITIVE
Capsule Stain
Capsule Stain
Figure 3.12a-c
Acid-Fast and Non Acid-Fast
Endospore Stain: Ziehl-Neelsen
Figure 3.12a-c
Endospore Stain
Stain Comparisons G+ (PURPLE) G – (PINK) ACID FAST PRIMARY STAIN ENDOSPORE STAIN PRIMARY STAIN Crystal violet Carbol Fuschia Malachite green MORDANT Iodine Heat DECOLORIZER ETOH or acetone: Cell is purple Cell is clear Acid alcohol Water COUNTER-STAIN Safranin: Cell is pink Methylene Blue Spores are
Flagella Stain
Flagella Stain
Figure 3.12a-c
Names for flagella arrangement Monotrichous Lophotrichous Amphitrichous Peritrichous