Photomicrographs from Biology 3200 Laboratory Exercise 3
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Gram Stain Endospore Stain Acid Fast Stain
Bacillus thuringiensis B. thuringiensis - Brightfield Mycobacterium smegmatis
Escherichia coli B. thuringiensis - Phase contrast Escherichia coli
Serratia marcescens  
Staphylococcus epidermidis PHB Stain Modified Gin Stain
  B. thuringiensis - Brightfield B. thuringiensis
  B. thuringiensis - Phase contrast Escherichia coli

 

Title: Modified Gin stain of Escherichia coli cells

Description: Cells were cultivated in Trypticase Soy broth for 24 h at 37C. A nigrosin/cell smear was counterstained with crystal violet. The slide was observed under brightfield microscopy with a 100 X oil immersion objective.

 

Material preparation by: Grant Adamson