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What is the difference between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria?
The presence of thick cell wall. Gram positives have a thick cell wall and remain blue. Gram negatives have a thin cell wall where the blue stain washes out and then will stain pink with the counter stain.
What stain would you select if asked to evaluate a patient's bone marrow smear for the presence of siderosomes?
new methylene blue
How do the presence and amount of phytoplankton affect the shade of blue of the ocean?
Phytoplankton absorb red and blue light, but reflect green light. Therefore, the presence and amount of phytoplankton can indicate the health of the ocean.
What does appearance of a blue or pink color in thioglycolate tube mean?
To indicate a presence of free residual oxygen.
Does a reticulocyte stain with cresyl blue?
Stain with basic dyes cytoplasm shows blue precipitates
Which biological molecule is iodine used to indicate?
Iodine is used to indicate the presence of starch. When iodine comes into contact with starch, it forms a dark blue-black complex, providing a visual indicator of the presence of starch in a biological sample.
What is litumus paper used to indicate?
litmus paper indicates wether a substance is an acid or a base if it is an acid the paper is turns red, if base it turns blue
What stain is used to stain cheek cells?
methelyn blue
What is the function of bromthymol blue in CO2?
Bromthymol blue is used as an indicator to detect the presence of carbon dioxide (CO2) in a solution. It changes color in the presence of acidic conditions, which can indicate the presence of CO2 as it forms carbonic acid when dissolved in water.
How can you tell by using iodine if a sugar is a monosaccharide disaccharide or polysaccharide?
Adding iodine to the solution will turn it a deep blue which indicate presence of polysaccharides.
What indicates the presence of starch in the food samples?
The iodine test can indicate the presence of starch in food samples. When iodine is added to a sample containing starch, it will turn blue-black in the presence of starch. This color change is used as a visual indicator for the presence of starch in the food sample.
What is the counter or secondary stain used in the acid-fast stain technique?
The counter or secondary stain used in the acid-fast stain technique is methylene blue.
