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Acid Fast Stain M.Tuberculosis Stained Mycolic Cell Wall

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is stained with acid fast stain, which highlights the mycolic acids in the cell wall with a pink color.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis se tiñe con tinción de bacilo ácido (acid fast stain), que resalta los ácidos micólicos en la pared celular de color rosa.

Text M.tuberculosis can be stained using acid fast stain::stain which stains the mycolic acids in cell wall pink::color
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AFB - Acid Fast Bacilli

Tags: microbiology

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