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MC Bio 203 ch 3
microscopy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| basic dyes | used in simple stains | cationic chromophore |
| acidic dyes | used in negative stains | anionic chromophore |
| differential stains | unlike simple stains, react differently with different types of bacteria |
| two major types of differential stain | Gram and acid-fast |
| clinical implications of Gram results | gram-positive bacteria tend to be killed easily by penicillins and cephalosporins |
| F/acid-fast stain | distinguishes between mycobacteria and other gram-positive bacteria |
| special stains | used to color and isolate specific parts of microorganisms, such as endospores and flagella |
| endospore | a special resistant, dormant structure formed within a cell that protects a bacterium from adverse environmental conditions |