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Bacteria
Classification and Identification -Stains
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ability to retain stain | The most common staining procedure in use today is the Gram stain. |
| Gram positive | Bacteria retain the crystal violet stain during the staining process, causing them to appear blue when viewed under the microscope. |
| Gram negative | Do not retain the crystal violet stain during the staining process; however, they do take up the red counter stain. |
| Acid-fast stain | Is a staining procedure for identifying bacteria with a waxy cell wall |
| Aerobe | Bacteria that grow best in the presence of oxygen |
| Anaerobe | Grow best in the absence of oxygen |
| Facultative | Organisms that can grow in either environment |
| Biochemical reactions | Certain biochemical reactions that occur within the bacterial cell |
| Mycobacteria | Rod-shaped bacilli with a waxy cell wall, making them acid-fast. |
| Rickettsia (Ruh-keck-see-ah) | Unusually small bacteria that can live and grow only within other living cells |