Microbiology: An Introduction
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 7MCQ
Assume you stain Clostridium by applying a basic stain, carbolfuchsin, with heat, decolorizing with acid-alcohol, and counterstaining with an acidic stain, nigrosin. Through the microscope, the endospores are _____1______, and the cells are stained ___2____ .
- 1. 1—red: 2—black
- 2. 1—black: 2—colorless
- 3. 1—colorless: 2—black
- 4. 1—red: 2—colorless
- 5. 1—black: 2—red
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Microbiology: An Introduction
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