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Quantification of polysaccharides fixed to Gram stained slides using lactophenol cotton blue and digital image processing

Dark blue rings and circles emerged when the non-specific polysaccharide stain lactophenol cotton blue was added to Gram stained slides. The dark blue staining is attributable to the presence of capsular polysaccharides and bacterial slime associated with clumps of Gram-negative bacteria.  Since all...

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Autor principal: Ericksen, Bryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5754746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29333228
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.5779.5