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If you forget to heat fix your slide your bacterial sample will be lost with the next wash step. So if you are doing a Gram stain when you add the crystal violet the liquid will mix with the bacteria, and when you wash later in the protocol the bacteria will wash away with the stains.
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What is the importance of heat fixing the slide before staining?
You heat fix a slide by passing it through a blue flame a couple of times (with th cells facing up). you do this to denature any enzymes that might lyse the cells or interfere with the staining procedure. you also use it kill the organism and to adhere the organism to the slide for staining
Purpose of fixing the bacterial film?
The purpose of heat fixing the bacteria to the slide is so during the gram staining procedure the bacteria doesn't wash off. If you didn't heat fix the bacteria to the slide, it would not stay on the slide.
What would happen if no heat fixing were done?
If no heat fixing was done to a slide with a specimen on it, it would be rinsed off with the gram staining procedure. Heat fixing the specimen does kill specimen but it also locks it in place.
Why do you air-dry a smear?
To avoid denaturing and destroying the smear.
Why is the size more accurate in a negative stain than a simple stain?
since you do not heat fix the slide when you use a negative stain the cells do not shrink or become distorted
What is fixing?
a heat fix is something you put on the slide
Why you do heat fix on bacterial cultural?
To glue the and kill the bacteria on the slide if alive.
What happens if you don't heat fix a smear prior to staining of a bacterial slide?
smear will be washed( no smear will be left on the slide)
What is the importance of heat fixing the slide before staining?
You heat fix a slide by passing it through a blue flame a couple of times (with th cells facing up). you do this to denature any enzymes that might lyse the cells or interfere with the staining procedure. you also use it kill the organism and to adhere the organism to the slide for staining
Purpose of fixing the bacterial film?
The purpose of heat fixing the bacteria to the slide is so during the gram staining procedure the bacteria doesn't wash off. If you didn't heat fix the bacteria to the slide, it would not stay on the slide.
What would happen if no heat fixing were done?
If no heat fixing was done to a slide with a specimen on it, it would be rinsed off with the gram staining procedure. Heat fixing the specimen does kill specimen but it also locks it in place.
Upon simple staining procedure you failed to heat fix your E. coli smear and on examination how would you expect this slide to differ from the correctly prepared slides?
heat fixing your slide causes the cells to stick to the slide, without that the cells will be washed right off and there will be nothing left to observe.
Give the reason for passing bacterial smear through the flame before staining?
It dries the smear and fixes the cells to the slide
Function of heat-fix in gram staining?
Heat fixing is done to kill the specimen; adhere the specimen to the slide; and alter the specimen so that they more readily accept stains.
Why do you air-dry a smear?
To avoid denaturing and destroying the smear.
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under the glove box is the lever the cable goes to. move it by hand and heat will be on. or replace the cable.
How do you fix a microbiology slide?
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.
