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What is gram stain of candida?
Candida is a fungi and cannot be gram stained. Only bacterias can be gram stained as either positive or negative.
What is gram stain for candida albicans?
gram positive
Candida albicans gram positive or gram negative?
Gram positive !!
Is HIV gram stain positive or negative?
The answer to whether HIV gram-stain positive or negative is that HIV gram-stain is negative. They retain the light red or pink color after the stain.
Does yogurt stain gram positive or gram negative?
positive
Why will gram positive cells stain gram negative?
Contamination
What is the different reaction of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria to Gram's stain testing?
Gram-positive bacteria which take up the stain turn purple, while Gram-negative bacteria which do not take up the stain turn red.
What does gram negative on a serratia marcescens gram stain mean?
Bacteria are gram positive or gram negative. Serratia happens to be a gram negative bacteria. They appear pink on a gram stain. Gram positive bacteria stain to a purple color on a gram stain. We can classify and ID bacteria using their gram stain and shape. Some antibiotics only work on gram negative bacteria and some only work on gram positive bacteria. It helps a doctor know which antibiotic to use.
What color is gram negative stain and gram positive stain if you forget to apply iodine?
If iodine is not applied, both the gram-positive and gram-negative stains will appear to be gram-negative. The iodine acts as a mordant that helps to fix the crystal violet stain in the gram-positive bacteria, making them appear purple. Without iodine, the crystal violet stain can be easily washed out of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, resulting in a pink or red color.
What does a negative result for a spore stain indicate about the organism?
A negative result for the spores stain indicate that the gram-negative organism is present. A positive result for a spore stain indicates that a gram positive organism is present.
What is the Gram stain for measles?
Bacteria stain either gram-positive or gram-negative based on the presence or absence of a cell wall. Viruses do not pick up a gram stain.
Is shigella flexneri gram positive or negative?
When a gram stain is done on Shigella flexneri, the cells are light pink. This means that they are gram negative.
