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Why is decolorization necessary when performing a gram stain?
During the procedures of a gram stain, decolorization is necessary to remove any stain or color from the gram negative cells. When a dye is used to stain gram positive cells, both gram positive and gram negative cells retain color. Mordant is used to bind the original stain to gram positive cells so when decolorizer is used they retain color. After the mordant has been used a decolorizer is used to wash away colo in gram negative cells. Counterstains are used to stain gram negative cells to better visualize contrasting cells. An example of a decolorizer that works well is ethanol.
What are two reasons why gram-positive cells may appear pink after the completion of the gram-stain?
If they were old and the cell membrane had degraded, or if you used too much decolorizer.
What is determined of the Gram Stain?
A gram stain is a cow
Can a Gram stain a prion?
Protists are often stained using a silver stain, not a Gram stain.
What is gram stain of rotavirus?
gram -
What color is moraxella catarrhalis after the decolorizer is used?
Moraxella catarrhalis is a Gram negative bacterium. Thus, after the decolorizer is used, its thin cell wall won't retain the primary stain. The stain is washed away, and Moraxella catarrhalis is colorless.
Why is decolorization necessary when performing a gram stain?
During the procedures of a gram stain, decolorization is necessary to remove any stain or color from the gram negative cells. When a dye is used to stain gram positive cells, both gram positive and gram negative cells retain color. Mordant is used to bind the original stain to gram positive cells so when decolorizer is used they retain color. After the mordant has been used a decolorizer is used to wash away colo in gram negative cells. Counterstains are used to stain gram negative cells to better visualize contrasting cells. An example of a decolorizer that works well is ethanol.
What are two reasons why gram-positive cells may appear pink after the completion of the gram-stain?
If they were old and the cell membrane had degraded, or if you used too much decolorizer.
Purpose of decolorizing agent?
The decolorizer, usually acetone or alcohol, is used to wash the Crystal Violet stain from the Gram Negative cells. From this point Safranin stain is used to stain the Gram Negative cells. The final color for Gram Negative will be a Red/Pink color.
What can be used for a simple stain procedure?
Perhaps Gram Staining? Steps are as follows: 1. Crystal Violet, 2. Iodine, 3. Decolorizer, 4. Safrinin
What is the purpose of alcohol used in the gram stain?
The alcohol is a decolorizer. In gram negative organisms, the small amount of peptidoglycan can't hold onto the crystal violet in the presence of the alcohol and so becomes decolorized. The gram positive organisms have a much thicker peptidoglycan layer, and so the crystal violet stays in even with washing by alcohol.
What is the decolorizing agent in the acid fast stain?
The decolorizing agent in the acid fast stain is acid alcohol. The decolorizing agent in the gram stain is ethanol.
What is a decolorizer do in gram staining?
It removes the crystal violet (primary stain) from gram negative bacteria. It does not remove Crystal violet as easily from gram positive bacteria, because the highly peptidoglycan walls of gram positive bacteria interact with crystal violet and iodine to form a strong bond (CV-Iodine complex). So, gram positive cells hold on to the stain instead of letting it wash away.
What is the difference between Jensen's version ang hucker's modification in gram staining based on reagents and gram reaction to fungi?
What is modified in Jensen's modification of Gram stain? Jensen's modification: This method involves use to methyl violet as primary stain, iodine and potassium iodide in water as mordant, absolute alcohol as decolorizer and neutral red as counterstain
List the steps of the gram-staining procedure in order and fill in the color of gram-positive cells and gram-negtive cells after each step?
____________Color of Gram-positive_______Color of Gram-negativePrimary stainCrystal violet_____Purple____________________ PurpleMordant:Iodine____________Purple________________________PurpleDecolorizing agent:Alcohol-acetone__ Purple____________________ ColorlessCounterstain:Safranin___________Purple_________________________Red
What are the reagents and steps min a Gram stain?
The steps in Gram staining are:1. crystal violet added to the smear2. iodine, the mordant (this fixes the violet)3. a decolorizer made of acetone and alcohol4. safranin, the counterstainIf the cell is Gram +, the decolorizer can not remove the violet. If it is Gram -, the decolorizer can remove the violet and the cell can be then colored with the dye, safranin.Bacteria are grouped in 4 groups by Gram stain:Gram-positive, the cell wall retains crystal Violet.Gram-negative, the cell wall does not retain crystal Violet.Graham not reactive, no staining whatsoever.Graham variable, uneven staining.
Which thing make gram positive bacteria to get stain?
the smooth part of the cell wall make it to get stain
