BACTERIAL STAINING Flashcards
1
Q
Indirect, Relief or Negative staining
A
InBaNig
India Ink or Barri’s method
Nigrossin
2
Q
Capsule stains
A
WHATGIM
Welch Capsular
Hiss method – faint blue halo
Anthony’s
Tyler’s
Gin’s
India Ink; Nigrossin staining method
Muir’s
3
Q
Stains for Metachromatic Granules
A
PLLAN
Ponder
LAMB
Ljubinsky
Albert’s
Neisser’s
4
Q
Stains for Endospores
A
HeaDoWS
Heat and Acetic method
Dorner’s – 10% nigrossin + carbol fuchsin = red
Wirtz and Conklin
Schaeffer & Fulton – green (malachite green)
5
Q
Flagellar stains
A
LeFiG
Leifson
Fisher & Conn
Gray’s
6
Q
Nucleic acid stains
A
Feulgen’s
7
Q
Polar bodies stain
A
Wayson
8
Q
Flagellar stains
Endospores
Metachromatic Granules
Capsule stains
Indirect, Relief or Negative staining
A
LeFiG
HeaDoWS
PLLAN
WHATGIM
InBaNig