Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780321994936
Author: Ted R. Johnson, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 1CA
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Treponema denticolacan be simply missed in a direct stain of a scraping of gum or tooth because the cells are distorted by the staining procedure. The reason that this bacterium could be seen with negative staining.
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Heat fixing:
After the drying of smear at the room temperature on the slide. This slide is gripped with the help of tongs or a clothespin. Then it is passed across the flame of a Bunsen burner and numerous times to heat-kill. It attaches the organism to the slide. Heat fixation usually conserves generally the morphology but not an internal structure.
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