Mucicarmine stain

Mucicarmine stain

Mucicarmine stain is a staining procedure used in microbiology labs to identify a variety of microorganisms based on whether or not the cell wall stains intensely red. Generally this is limited to microorganisms with a cell wall that is comprised, at least in part, of a polysaccharide component. One of the organisms that is identified using this staining technique is Cryptococcus neoformans.[1]

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  1. ^ Bhushan, Vikas; Le, Tao (2010) [1991] Catherine A, Johnson ed. (Hardcover) First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2010: A Student-to-Student Guide (20 ed.) New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc p. 140 ISBN 9780071633406 

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