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Gram Bacteria Stain Line Identifying Violet Dye Turn

This flashcard explains the Gram stain as a primary identification tool, asking why Gram-positive bacteria retain the violet dye (due to peptidoglycan thickness and iodine complex) and why Gram-negative bacteria appear pink/red (due to decolorization and counterstaining).

Tinción de Gram: primera línea en la identificación? qué bacterias tienen tinte violeta y por qué? qué bacterias se vuelven rosadas/rojas y por qué? con qué parte de la tinción de Gram?

Front Gram stain:

first line in identifying?

what bacteria have violet dye and why?

what bacteria turn pink/red and why? with what part of the gram stain?

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