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Micro, lab 13
Micro Lab 7, acid-fast stain
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |