No, what a stupid thing to say. Crystals have nothing to do with carcinogenic agents and when you use the 'Violet' are you trying to subtlely insult my mother, who is called Violet
The crystal violet method and the Schaeffer-Fulton method
The crystal violet method and the Schaeffer-Fulton method
Iodine is used to bind the Crystal Violet to the Gram Positive microbes.
Iodine is used as a mordant in the gram staining procedure to make large crystals when it is used with crystal violet dye. In gram positive cell walls those crystals get stuck and wont get washed off with the alcohol. In gram negative cell walls the crystals are washed out.
No. But it's not particularly harmful either. It's a coloring agent, used to color food and cosmetic products white.
Crystal violet is a hexamethyl also known as methyl violet 10B This is much darker than 2B, and often darker than 6B. It is used in biological stainang particularly gram staining together with safranin and iodine. Crystal violet was also used to treat strept throat. Doctors used to swab it on the back of your throat.
Iodine is added as a mordant to enhance crystal violet staining by forming a crystal violet-iodine complex.
Crystal violet is used in Gram's method of bacteria classification. At a pH of 1.0, the solution turns green, and when in a strongly acidic solution, it turns yellow.
The crystal violet method and the Schaeffer-Fulton method
The crystal violet method and the Schaeffer-Fulton method
Iodine is used to bind the Crystal Violet to the Gram Positive microbes.
Crystal violet, also called methyl violet 10B, is a dark purple staining dye used in biology and microbiology which, like many staining dyes, is acidic.The acidic nature of crystal violet dye has many implications in chemistry, determining how it will interact with other substances, which microorganisms will absorb or repel it, and how it will effect structures such as cell walls or DNA.Since many acidic staining dyes are caustic or carcinogenic, they can pose logistical, legal, and ethical problems during disposal. Numerous studies have been launched in order to find cost-effective ways to degrade, absorb, neutralize, or deactivate these chemicals.Knowlege of the acidic nature of such substances is among several important considerations in devising such approaches.
Crystal violet is the 'methyl violet 10B' derivative (with six methyl groups) of a difficult to draw structural chemical formula. (see related link, C26H34N3Cl).It is known in medicine as Gentian violet (or crystal violet) and is the active ingredient in a Gram stain, used to identify bacteria. It is toxicIt inhibits growth of Gram positives except streptococci.Methyl violet also binds to DNA. This means it can be used in cell viability assays in biochemistry. However, this binding to DNA will cause replication errors in living tissue, possibly leading to mutations and cancer.
Acetone is used for decolouring method, washing away the iodine-crystal violet complex formed in gram negative bacteria. so that the gram negative bacteria can be then stained with safranin or fuchsin.
In Japan, dogtooth violet bulbs used to be made into katakuriko, a thickening agent for cooking. Nowadays, potato starch or cornstarch are often used as a substitute for katakuriko, since natural dogtooth violet starch has become very expensive.
Iodine is used as a mordant in the gram staining procedure to make large crystals when it is used with crystal violet dye. In gram positive cell walls those crystals get stuck and wont get washed off with the alcohol. In gram negative cell walls the crystals are washed out.
If the iodine in the Gram's stain was omitted, the crystal violet which enters the cell will not be able to form the Crystal Violet Iodine (CVI) complex. The CVI complex molecule has a larger size than that of Crystal violet molecule and hence Gram +ve bacteria are able to retain the stain. If iodine were omitted, even Gram+ve cells would get decolorised by Alcohol treatment and would be seen as Gram-ve cells.