it is used to dye materials like silk,leather and paper.
And also to:
As mineral specimens, an important ore of copper, as an ornamental stone, a pigment and for jewelry.
the purpose of boiling of smear in malachite green is to forces a stain to penetrate the endospore wall, it is necessary to heat the slide and the stain to prod the wall to allow the stain to enter.
Malachite green is a basic dye. It is often used in biology and microbiology as a stain to visualize microscopic organisms due to its high affinity for binding to cell structures.
In spore staining, water is used to decolorize the vegetative cells while leaving the endospores stained. This process helps to highlight the spores as they retain the primary stain, usually malachite green, providing contrast between the spores and the rest of the cell structures.
The counter stain used in the Gram stain procedure is typically safranin or basic fuchsin, which stains Gram-negative bacteria pink or red. In the acid-fast stain procedure, the counter stain used is typically methylene blue or brilliant green, which stains non-acid-fast bacteria blue or green, allowing acid-fast bacteria to retain the primary stain color (carbolfuchsin).
The counter or secondary stain used in the Gram stain procedure is safranin.
Malachite green
The crystal violet method and the Schaeffer-Fulton method
Bacterial endospores stain green in the Schaeffer-Fulton spore stain due to the malachite green dye used. This technique is commonly used to visualize endospores in bacteria.
the purpose of boiling of smear in malachite green is to forces a stain to penetrate the endospore wall, it is necessary to heat the slide and the stain to prod the wall to allow the stain to enter.
Malachite green is a basic dye. It is often used in biology and microbiology as a stain to visualize microscopic organisms due to its high affinity for binding to cell structures.
In the spore stain malachite green is used as a primary stain. This is driven into the cell by heat because of the impermeability of the spore. The stain is allowed to sit for 30 mins to make sure it gets in to the endospores.The stain is then washed and counterstained with safranin red. The endospores retain the green colour from malachite green and of course appear green under the microscope. Whereas the vegetative cells will appear red.
Heating malachite green helps break down the compound into its active form, which is more effective in treating certain types of infections and parasites. Additionally, heating can help improve the solubility of the compound for better absorption in the target organisms.
In spore staining, water is used to decolorize the vegetative cells while leaving the endospores stained. This process helps to highlight the spores as they retain the primary stain, usually malachite green, providing contrast between the spores and the rest of the cell structures.
The counter stain used in the Gram stain procedure is typically safranin or basic fuchsin, which stains Gram-negative bacteria pink or red. In the acid-fast stain procedure, the counter stain used is typically methylene blue or brilliant green, which stains non-acid-fast bacteria blue or green, allowing acid-fast bacteria to retain the primary stain color (carbolfuchsin).
The counter or secondary stain used in the Gram stain procedure is safranin.
The Gram stain is used for bacteria and not for viruses.
Malachite green is commonly used to stain endospores in the Schaeffer-Fulton staining technique. This dye is applied to the heat-fixed smear and heated to drive the dye into the endospores. The spores appear green under the microscope while the surrounding cells are counterstained red.