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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an acid fast bacterium. It has a high concentration of mycolic acids in the plasma membrane which prevent its staining by typical Gram stain methods. It must be stained with a procedure containing an acid decolorizing step to best visualize it under the microscope (Ziehl Nielson or Kinyon Methods). It resists decolorization with the acid, which is where the term "Acid Fast" comes from....
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What disease is an acid-fast bacilli smear used for diagnosis?
Acid-fast staining is used in determining tuberculosis. It can also track the progress of antibiotic therapy and determine how contagious a person is. Yay A&M microbiology lab!
M smegmatis acid fast?
Yes
Is staphylococcus aureus acid fast?
No. in comparison to M. smegmatis which is acid fast positive. e. coli will appear blue when tested with the Zeihl-Neelsen acid fast stain
IS 0.1 M strong acid a better conductor than 1 M weak acid?
0.1 M strong acid is a better conductor than 1 M weak acid
How do you convert m-nitrobenzoic acid into methyl m-nitrobenzoate?
in basic medium m-nitrobenzoic acid reacts with methanol to form methyl m-nitrobenzoate
Why is mycobacterium tuberculosis considered acid fast?
Saprophytic mycobacteria are acid fast and do not cause serious disease.
What is a acid fast disease?
Some diseases are leprosy ( M. leprae), tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), and nocardiosis ( N. brasiliensis, N. asteroides). The acid fast stain is important in identifying bacteria in the genus Mycobacterium and Nocardia.M. tuberculosis
What disease is an acid-fast bacilli smear used for diagnosis?
Acid-fast staining is used in determining tuberculosis. It can also track the progress of antibiotic therapy and determine how contagious a person is. Yay A&M microbiology lab!
M smegmatis acid fast?
Yes
Is staphylococcus aureus acid fast?
No. in comparison to M. smegmatis which is acid fast positive. e. coli will appear blue when tested with the Zeihl-Neelsen acid fast stain
Could an acid fast organism be coccobacillus shaped?
Yes an Acid fast organism could be coccobacillus shaped, eg. Mycobacterium avium, M. gordonae, M. montefiorense, Rhodococcus and even brucella species ( in modified cold acid fast staining) etc.
Is a m and m an acid or a base?
A acid
What to do if you are getting sputum every morning?
See your medical practitioner. They will most likely provide you with a sterile specimen container to collect a sample. This sample will then be sent to the laboratory for microscopy, culture, and sensitivity testing (M/C/S). If tuberculosis (TB) is suspected then acid-fast bacilli (AFB) will also be added to the request form.
Can you get Tuberculosis?
yes. secondary tuberculosis which is more common in adult is actually the reactivation of the bacterial (M. Tuberculosis) which remain dormant in the lung after the first infection that can go back years ago.
IS 0.1 M strong acid a better conductor than 1 M weak acid?
0.1 M strong acid is a better conductor than 1 M weak acid
What has the author Arvind M Dhople written?
Arvind M. Dhople has written: 'Rapid susceptibility testing of mycobacterium avium complex and mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from AIDS patients' -- subject(s): Mycobacteria, Tuberculosis
How does one get a tuberculosis?
yes. secondary tuberculosis which is more common in adult is actually the reactivation of the bacterial (M. Tuberculosis) which remain dormant in the lung after the first infection that can go back years ago.
