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In order to heat fix your microbe to your slide - you need to let your smear air dry. Once it is completely air dried. Pass the slide 2 or 3 times quickly over an open flame like a Bunsen burner. This does three things, 1. Kills the bacteria 2. Firmly affixes the smear to the microscope slide. 3. Allows the sample to more readily take up the stain.

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