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Micro, lab 13
Micro Lab 7, acid-fast stain
Question | Answer |
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The acid fast stain identifies microorganisms wiht a high X content. The primary stain is not washed out by the X decolorizer, and the cells are said to be X. | waxy, acid-alcohol,acid-fast |
Members of the genus X are usually all acid-fast. | mycobacterium |
Name 2 pathogenic acid-fast bacteria and the disease that each one causes | Mycobacterium tuberculosis, tuberculosis; mycobaterium leprae, lepracy |
Among bacteria the acid-fast state is X. | uncommon |
The acid-fast decolorizer must not be mistaken for the decolorizer in the X stain procedure. | gram |
The primary stain in the acid-fast procedure is X. | carbolfuchin red |
When placing mixed cultures on a slide, it is important to X the inoculating loop between cultures. | sterilize |
corbolfuchin red stain | primary stain |
acid-alcohol | decolorizer |
Loeffler's methylene blue | counter stain |
Acid-fast bacteria are stained | red |
non acid-fast bacteria stain | blue |