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Staining of Bacteria Staining of Bacteria Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry Hana ŠURANSKÁ
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Staining A biochemical technique of adding a class-specific dye Stains and dye – to highlight cellular structures DNA, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates Different stains react in different parts of a cell or tissue Microscopes
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Dye Dye A colored substance Used to highlight cellular structures Applied in aqueous solutions Carmine, crystal violet, DAPI, eosin, ethidium bromide..
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Eosin A red fluorescent dye Stains cytoplasm, collagen and muscle fibers Most often used as a counterstain An acidic dye It shows up in the basic parts of the cell (nucleus)
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DAPI DAPI 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole A fluorescent stain It binds strongly to DNA and RNA Used in fluorescence microscopy Excited with ultraviolet light
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Methods of staining Gram staining Gram staining Gimenez staining Gimenez staining Giemsa staining Giemsa staining Ziehl-Neelsen staining Ziehl-Neelsen staining Eosin staining
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Gram staining Gram staining Hans Christian Gram (1853–1938) An empirical method of differentiating bacterial Gram-positive, Gram-negative in 1884 in 1884 It uses crystal violet, iodine, fuchsine, safranin
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Giemsa staining Gustav Giemsa It can be used to study the adherence of pathogenic bacteria to human cells A mixture of methylene blue and eosin Visualize chromosomes
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Ziehl-Neelsen staining Ziehl-Neelsen staining The acid-fast stain Franz Ziehl and Friedrich Neelsen A special bacteriological stain It is used to identify acid-fast Mycobacteria Micture of carbolfuchsine and methylene blue Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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