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    The Ziehl-Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, is a bacteriological staining technique used in cytopathology and microbiology to identify...
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    still typically use capital for Gram stain.[citation needed] Bacterial cell structure ZiehlNeelsen stain "Gram Stain: MedlinePlus Medical Test". medlineplus...
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    bacteria will be stained green accompanied by all other cells appearing red. A ZiehlNeelsen stain is an acid-fast stain used to stain species of Mycobacterium...
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    Acid-fastness (redirect from Afb stain)
    most common staining technique used to identify acid-fast bacteria is the ZiehlNeelsen stain, in which the acid-fast species are stained bright red and...
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  • primary stain (basic fuchsin), a decolorizer (acid-alcohol), and a counterstain (methylene blue). Unlike the ZiehlNeelsen stain (Z-N stain), the Kinyoun...
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    Giemsa stain (/ˈɡiːmzə/), named after German chemist and bacteriologist Gustav Giemsa, is a nucleic acid stain used in cytogenetics and for the histopathological...
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    auramine–rhodamine stain is not as specific for acid-fast organisms (e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Nocardia) as the ZiehlNeelsen stain, it is more affordable...
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    Together with microbiologist Franz Ziehl, Neelsen developed the ZiehlNeelsen stain, a method for the staining of acid-fast bacteria, used to this day...
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    Auramine O (category Staining dyes)
    used to stain acid-fast bacteria (e.g. Mycobacterium, where it binds to the mycolic acid in its cell wall) in a way similar to ZiehlNeelsen stain. It can...
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    Carbol fuchsin (category Staining dyes)
    membranes. It is a component of ZiehlNeelsen stain, a differential stain. Carbol fuchsin is used as the primary stain dye to detect acid-fast bacteria...
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