carbol-fuchsin stain

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• Carbol fuchsin — Carbol fuchsin, carbol fuchsin, or carbolfuchsin, is a mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining procedures. It is commonly used in the staining of mycobacteria as it has an affinity for the mycolic acids found in their cell …   Wikipedia

• carbol-fuchsin — 1. See Ziehl stain. 2. See carbol fuchsin paint …   Medical dictionary

• carbol fuchsin — a red stain for bacteria and fungi, consisting of carbolic acid and fuchsin dissolved in alcohol and water …   Medical dictionary

• carbol fuchsin — a red stain for bacteria and fungi, consisting of carbolic acid and fuchsin dissolved in alcohol and water …   The new mediacal dictionary

• stain — 1. To discolor. 2. To color; to dye. 3. A discoloration. 4. A dye used in histologic and bacteriologic technique. 5. A procedure in which a dye or combination of dyes and reagents is used to color the constituents of cells and tissues. For… …   Medical dictionary

• Ziehl-Neelsen stain — Ziehl Neel·sen stain tsēl nāl sən n a carbolfuchsin stain used esp. for detecting the tubercle bacillus Ziehl Franz (1857 1926) German bacteriologist. A professor in Lübeck, Ziehl introduced the carbolfuchsin stain for the tubercle bacillus in… …   Medical dictionary

• Ziehl-Neelsen stain — an acid fast carbol fuchsin stain used specifically for identifying the tubercle bacillus [Ziehl (1857–1926), German bacteriologist; F. K. A. Neelsen (1854–94), German pathologist] …   The new mediacal dictionary

• fuchsin — A nonspecific term referring to any of several red rosanilin dyes used as stains in histology and bacteriology. [Leonhard Fuchs, German botantist, 1501–1506] acid f. [C.I. 42685] a mixture of the sodium salts bi and trisulfonic acids of rosanilin …   Medical dictionary

• Masson's trichrome stain — of rat airway. Connective tissue is stained blue, nuclei are stained dark red/purple, and cytoplasm is stained red/pink. Masson s trichrome is a three colour staining protocol used in histology. The recipes evolved from Claude L. Pierre Masson s… …   Wikipedia

• Silver stain — A silver stain (GMS) demonstrating the fungus histoplasma (black round balls) in a liver biopsy. Silver staining is the use of silver to selectively alter the appearance of the target. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Periodic acid-Schiff stain — Periodic acid Periodic acid Schiff (PAS) is a staining method used to detect glycogen and other polysaccharides in tissues. The reaction of periodic acid oxidizes the diol functional groups in glucose and other sugars, creating aldehydes that… …   Wikipedia