. What color does an acid-fast cell stain? 2. Identify two diseases that are caused by acid-fast bacteria. 3. In the endospore stain, what color do the endospores stain? 4. If you performed an endospore stain on Mycobacterium, what color cells would y
1. What color does an acid-fast cell stain?
2. Identify two diseases that are caused by acid-fast bacteria.
3. In the endospore stain, what color do the endospores stain?
4. If you performed an endospore stain on Mycobacterium, what color cells would you expect to
see? Why?
5. How do capsules contribute to virulence of an organism?
6. Since you know what lophotrichous and amphitrichous arrangements look like, put those
terms together to draw an amphilophotrichous bacterium.
7. Streptococcus pneumoniae that are capable of causing pneumonia are encapsulated bacteria
(meaning they have a capsule). Describe what you would expect to see under the
microscope after performing a capsule stain with india ink and safranin.
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