Gram staining remains one of microbiology’s most essential techniques, offering rapid differentiation between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. By exploiting differences in cell wall structure ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Sep., 1928), pp. 228-231 (4 pages) A new method of staining flagella includes the treatment of young cultures with acetic acid (q. s. ad 5%); a drop ...

Some method embodiments further comprise steps for washing the sample with a washing solution prior to recording the first image of the sample so as to ensure that each sample is washed to establish a ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When confronted with a new bacteria there are ...