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PURPOSE OF STAINING SPECIMEN

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  • Increase visibility of specimen
  • Differentiate one organism from another
    o Some microorganism will take color under a given
    condition. In that case, we will be able to differentiate
    one bacteria to another
    o Just like in the use of differential stains like AFB stains
    or Gram stains
  • Accentuate specific morphological features
    o There are the so-called differential stains, which react
    only with particular structures of bacteria.
    o Example: specific stain will only color the spore; stain
    to color the metachromatic granules
  • Preserve specimen
    o By putting on cover slip with an adhesive and it will
    preserve the morphology
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react
only with particular structures of bacteria

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DIFFERENTIAL STAINS

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HOW TO PRESERVE SPEIMEN

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By putting on cover slip with an adhesive and it will
preserve the morphologY

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coloring agent used for general purposes

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DYE

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dye used for biological purposes (specific)

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STAIN

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derived from coal tar
rendered synthetically to become a stain

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ANILINE DYE

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Colorless organic compound that can bind to the nitro
group of chromophores.

HIGHLY TOXIC SILA

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BENZENE

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Chemical groups with conjugated double bonds,
imparts color to the colorless benzene

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CHROMOPHORE

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CHROMOPHORE PLUS BENZENE MAKES

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CHROMOGEN

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EXAMPLE OF CHROMOPHORE

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NITRO GROUP

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Groups that intensify the color of chromophore by
conveying the property of ionization to the chromogen
and enabling it to form salts and binding to the
biological substance

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AUXOCHROME

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EXAMPLE OF AUXOCHROME

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HYDROXYL GROUP

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13
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organic compound
containing both chromophores and auxochrome link to the
benzene.”

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STAIN

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responsible for transferring the color of the
dye to a substance or material to which the dye will act upon

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AUXOCHROME

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STAIN BASED ON RIGIN

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NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC

NATURAL = HEMATOXYLIN AND CARMINE

SYNTHETIC = SAFRANIN, METHYLENE BLUE, CRYSTAL VIOLET

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STAIN BASED ON PURPOSE

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DIRECT, INDIRECT, SELECTIVE AND DIFFERENTIAL

DIRECT = ANILINEDYES

INDIRECT = INDIA AND NIGROSIN
Selective – particular parts of the organism like the flagella or spore of bacteria
Differential – differentiate two groups of bacteria in mixture

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17
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STAIN BASED ON STAINING ACTIVITY

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NUCLEAR, CYTOPLASMIC AND HISTOLOGIC

NUCLEAR = HEMATOXYKLINE AND CARMINE

CYTOPLASMIC= ANILINE BLUE AND EOSIN

HISTOLOGIC = SAFRANIN

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STAIN BASED ON CHARGE

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ACIDIC , BASIC AND NEUTRAL

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negatively-charged chromophore, anionic;
more affinity to positively-charged cellular components
such as protein

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ACIDIC STAIN

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positively-charged chromophore, cationic,
more affinity for negatively-charged cellular
constituents such as the DNA and RNA

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BASIC STAIN

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WHAT ISTHE CHARGE OF BACTERIA

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NEGATIVE

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EXAMPLE OF BASIC DYE

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CYRSTAL VIOLET, METHYLENE BLUE, HEMATOXYLIN, GENTIAN VIOLET

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both having positive and negative charge

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NEUTRAL STAIN

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NEUTRAL STAIN EXAMPLE

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GIEMSA, LISHMAN, WRIGHT AND ROMANOWSKY WHICH IS USED FOR HEMATOLOGY

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25
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DISTRIBUTION OF BACTERIAL CELL IN A SLIDE IN ORER TO VIEW THEM IN A MICROSCOPE

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SMEAR

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WHAT HAPPENS IF BACTERIAL INOCULUM IS SPREAD TOO THICK OR TOO THIN

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If too thick, you will not appreciate the morphology because
they are too crowded. And if it is too thin, you will not be
able to see it

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27
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Process by which internal and external structures are
preserved and fixed in position

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FIXATION

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28
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Process by which organism is killed and firmly attached to
microscope slide

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FIXATION

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29
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Protein will be coagulated and the bacterial cell will
adhere to the slide

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HEAT FIXZATION

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30
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Preserves overall morphology but not internal
structures

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HEAT FIXATION

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31
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Protects cellular structure and morphology of
larger and more delicate organisms

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CHEMICAL FIXATION

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CHRMICAL FIXATION IS DONE VIA

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Done through application of methanol or any
alcohol (dipping it for 5 to 6 times); it has to be
dried first before staining

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33
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  • Direct stains the bacteria
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positive stain

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34
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Where the actual cells are being imparted with color. They
will appear in a clear background having color so they are
being contrasted from the environment. Colored bacterial
cell stands out.

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positive stain

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35
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kind of dye used in simpole staining

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basic dye

36
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mpart different colors to different bacteria, utilizes two or
more stains

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dfferential staining

37
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  • Allows bacterial cells to be categorized into groups or types
  • Divides microorganisms into groups based on their staining
    properties (e.g. gram stain, acid-fast stain
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differential stianing

38
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o Most widely used differential staining procedure

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gram stainign

39
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gram staining was innovated by

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hans christian gram

40
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added safranin

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karl weigert

41
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Divides bacteria into two groups based on differences
in cell wall structur

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gram staining

42
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staining process

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▪ Crystal violet (primary stain) for 30 sections,
wash rinse for two seconds
▪ Gram’s iodine (mordant) for 1 minute, water rinse
▪ Wash with 95% ethanol and acetone
(decolorizer) for 10-30 seconds, water rinse
▪ Safranin (counterstain) for 30-60 seconds, water
rinse and blo

43
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, a substance that
will form an insoluble compound with a stain and helps to fix
the color to the cell. Acts like glue

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Mordant

44
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: is the most critical step in staining

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Decolorization

45
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staining concept of gram positive explain

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For gram positive bacteria, if the peptidoglycan layer is
treated with the mixture of acetone-alcohol, the initial reaction
is that the layer will only shrink because it is thick, trapping the
crystal violet stain at the beginning not allowing other stains to
penetrate the cell.

46
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staining concept of gram nega6i8veq

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for the gram negative bacteria, it contains an outer
membrane composed of lipopolysaccharide (high lipid content)
and the alcohol is a lipid solvent, it will increase the porosity of
the cell wall, hence the crystal violet iodine complex that was
formed earlier can still pass through the wall because of the
increase porosity, leaving the cell wall colorless. Now, taking
the counter stain safranin – red.

47
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  • Aid in particular structures
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special staining

48
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Indirect staining, cells remain clear, only the background is
colored for easy visualization of image

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negative staining

49
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reporting of gram stain

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Gram reaction (positive or negative; red or violet),
morphology (cocci, bacilli, etc.) arrangement (chain, pairs,
etc.)

50
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Cell wall damage of bacteria is due to what

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antibiotic therapy or
excessive heat fixation of the smear

51
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gram negative bacteria may not
be fully decolorized during decolorization steps and appear as gram positive

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When a smear is too thick,

52
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stain weakly with gram stain (they are gram
resistant

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mycobacteria

53
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do not take up the dyes used in Gram stain or are too small
to be seen with light microscopy

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Mycoplasma, Rickettsiae, Chlamydiae

54
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To be visible on a slide, organisms that stain by the Gram
method must be present in concentrations of about

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104 to
105 organisms per ml of uncentrifuged fluid

55
Q

In an appropriately stained
specimen, the nuclei of neutrophils are _____.

Nuclei are
____, decolorization is insufficient.

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RED

BLUE

56
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All cocci are gram positive except

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Neisseria, Moraxella,
Veillonella

57
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All bacilli are gram negative except

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Bacillus,
Bifidobacterium, Actinomyces, Nocardia, Streptomyces,
Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Erysipelothrix, Listeria,
Lactobacillus

58
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HOT METHOD AKA

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ZIEHL NEELSEN

59
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HOT METHOD EXPLAIN PROCEDURE

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o Make a smear. Air dry. Heat fix.
o Flood smear with Carbol Fuchsin stain (primary stain).
o Cover flooded smear with filter paper.
o Steam (mordant) for 10 minutes. Add more Carbol
Fuchsin stain as needed.
o Cool slide.
o Rinse with DI water.
o Flood slide with acid alcohol (leave 15 seconds). The
acid alcohol (decolorizer) contains 3% HCl and 95%
ethanol, or you can decolorize with 20% H2SO4.
o Tilt dry 45 degrees over the sink and add alcohol drop
wise (drop by drop) until the red color stops streaming
from the smear.
o Once there’s no more color coming out, it can already
be rinsed with water.
o Counterstain: methylene blue, malachite green
o Add Loeffler’s Methylene Blue (counterstain) stain.
This adds blue color to non-acid fast cells. Leave it on
smear for 5 minutes.
o Rinse slide. Blot dry.
o Use oil immersion objective to view.

60
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IN HOT METHOD

: Acid fast bacilli – ???
: Non-acid fast bacilli - ???

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: Acid fast bacilli – red
: Non-acid fast bacilli - blue

61
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COLD METHOD AKA

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KINYOUN

62
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COLD METHOD REQUIREMENTS

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Reagents required:
▪ Carbol Fuchsin stain (filtered)
▪ Acid alcohol 3% v/v (or 20% sulfuric acid)
▪ Malachite green 5 g/l (0.5 w/v) or Methylene blue
5g/l
o There is no steaming process involved.

63
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heated to enable dye to
penetrate the waxy
mycobacterial cell wall IN HOT METHOD

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Phenol-carbol fuchsin stain

64
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Stain is not heated but the
penetration is achieved by
increasing concentration of
basic fuchsin and phenol
and incorporating a ‘wetting
agent’ chemical

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COLD METHOD - KINYOUN METHOED

65
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FLOURESCENT METHOD VIA F MICRO

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o More sensitive and rapid method
o Very specific
o Mycobacteria will glow; no need to look for them
o Quite expensive

66
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When any red bacilli are seen, report the smear as

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“AFB
positive

67
Q

Does not distinguish between viable and dead organisms.
Follow-up specimens from patients on treatment may be
smear positive yet culture negative

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AFB microscopy

68
Q

AFB (sputum specimen) are being collected

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three times;
preferably every morning

69
Q

Many TB patients have

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negative AFB smears with a
subsequent positive culture. Negative smears do not
exclude TB disease

70
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Acid-fast organisms other than Mycobacterium

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  • Nocardia spp. – partial acid fast
  • Rhodococcus spp. – partial acid fast
  • Legionella micdadei – partial acid fast in tissue
  • Cyst of Cryptospordium – acid fast
  • Cyst of Isospora – acid fast
71
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EXPLAIN NEGATIVE STAINING

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used to reveal negatively-charged bacterial
capsules, the encapsulated cells will have a halo
appearance under the microscope

  • Capsules are colorless against a stained background.
72
Q

Particularly useful for determining cell size and
arrangement. It can also be used to stain cells that
are too delicate to be heat-fixed

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o India ink, Nigrosin

73
Q

Organisms are not stained, only the background is
stained

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INDIA INK, NIGROSIN

74
Q

Used to demonstrate the capsule of Cryptococcus
neoformans, Streptococcus pneumoniae

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INDIAN INK, NIGROSIN

75
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  • Double staining technique
  • Bacterial endospore is one color and vegetative cell is a
    different color
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SPORE STAINING

76
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  • For C. diphtheria’s metachromatic or volutin granules
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ALBERT STAINING

77
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C. DIPTHERIA

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e thin gram-positive bacilli, straight or
slightly curved and often enlarged (clubbing) at one or
both ends and are arranged at acute angles, giving
shapes of Chinese letters or V-shape which is
characteristic of these organisms. Present in the body
of the bacillus are numerous metachromatic granules
which give the bacillus beaded or barred appearance.
These granules are best demonstrated by Albert’s stai

78
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  • How the C. diptheria appear
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To demonstrate metachromatic granules in C.
diphtheria, the granules appear bluish black whereas
the body of bacilli appear green or bluish green

79
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FLAGELLAR STAINING

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  • Mordant applied to increase thickness of flagella (e.g. tannic
    acid, potassium alum)
  • Flagella are usually invisible under light microscopy, but
    their identification and anatomy are important in
    determining some pathogens. Certain chemicals that bind
    to the flagella are used in the staining process. The flagella
    color may change or an increase in contrast should make
    them visible
80
Q

genera Bacillus andClostridium, cause diseases such as

A

anthrax, tetanus, and
gangrene

81
Q
  • Types of spore locations
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o Terminal (Clodtrisium tetani)
o Subterminal (Bacillus subtilis)
o Central (Bacillus cereus)

82
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Schaeffer-Fulton staining

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This technique designed to isolate endospores by staining
any present endospores green, and any other bacterial
bodies red. The green stain is malachite green (primary),
and the counterstain is safranin, which dyes any other
bacterial bodies red.

83
Q

– used to highlight microorganisms to determine
cellular shapes and arrangements. Aqueous or alcohol
solution of a single basic dye stains cells. Sometimes, a
mordant is added to intensify the stain

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SINPLE STAIN

84
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ACID FAST STAIN

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– used to distinguish Mycobacterium species
and some species of Nocardia. Acid-fast bacteria, once
stained with carbol fuchsin and treated with acidalcohol, remain red because they retain the carbol
fuchsin stain. Non-acid fast bacteria, when stained and
treated the same way and then stained with methylene
blue, appear blue because they lose the carbol fuchsin
stain and are then able to accept the methylene blur
stain.

85
Q

used to color and isolate various structures such
as capsules, endospores and flagella, sometimes used as a
diagnostic aid

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SPECIAL

86
Q
A

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