There are two main types of bacteria, and these categories reflect the microbes' biology and their vulnerability to different antibiotics.

As gram positive bacteria lack an outer lipid membrane, when correctly referring to their structure rather than staining properties, are termed monoderms. The outer lipid membrane possessed by gram ...

Bacterial Staining Techniques III Recently we have done two differential stains, the Gram stain and the Acid Fast stain. Both stains differentiate between bacteria chemically. The two staining ...

The Gram Staining kit is the newest addition to the Ventana product offerings on the highly successful, fully automated BenchMark Special Stains platform launched in mid-2012. The kit offers two ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Feb., 1924), pp. 105-109 (5 pages) Acetone, or iodine and acetone, serves as a superior decolorizer in the acid-fast stain as in the Gram stain. The ...