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which one of the following is act as an decolorizer in Staining process?
- Alcohol
- Iodine
- Acetone
- Both a and c
- N/A
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Answer: D Explanation: -
In which year Christian Gram develop gram stain?
- 1882
- 1884
- 1886
- 1888
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Which of the following dye used as counterstain in gram staining?
- Methylene blue
- Malachite green
- Safranin
- India Ink
- N/A
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Answer: C Explanation: -
which of the following genus are known as acid fast bacteria?
- Mycobacterium
- Nocardia
- Neisseria
- Both A and B
- N/A
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Answer: D Explanation: -
After differential staining, what colour will gram positive bacteria have?
- Pink
- Purple
- Red
- Green
- N/A
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After differential staining, what colour do gram negative bacteria have?
- Pink
- Purple
- Red
- Green
- N/A
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What role does carbolfuchsin play in the acid fast staining procedure?
- Fixed smear
- Colour the pathogen
- Remove colour from pathogen
- none of these
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Why is gram stain so beneficial?
- It help to identify pathogen
- It help to differentiate gram positive and gram negative bacteria
- It help to differentiate exotoxin and endotoxin producing bacteia
- It help to differentiate pathogen and none pathogenic bacteria
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What role does an "Special stain" play in microbiology?
- It help to visualise different structures of pathogen
- It help to differentiate between gram positive and gram negative bacteria
- It help to recognize pathogen
- It help to recognize movement of pathogen
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Negative staining can visulize which portion of the bacteria?
- Endospore
- Capsule
- Flagella
- Cilia
- N/A
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