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Crystal Violet

purple stain

Iodine

mordant

Decolorizer

stain remover

Safranin

counter stain, red

Gram Negative

if stain is pink/red

Gram Positive

if stain is purple

60s

how long is crystal violet used for

60s

how long is iodine used for

90s

how long is safranin used for

5-8 drops

how many drops of decolorizer is used

Hans Christian Gram

who created gram staining

Peptidoglycan

what is the cell wall made of

Lipteichoic and Teichoic Acid

chemicals only found in G+ cell wall

Age of Culture, Natrually Gram Variable, Mycobacterium Species, Resist Decolorization (Neisseria)

4 factors that can cause gram staining to not work

lipopolysaccharides

gram negative cells surround their cell wall with

Potassium Hydroxide

3% KOH test

KOH lysis of gram negative bacteria releasing the DNA

how does the KOH test work

Mueller Hinton Agar

type of agar used in vancomycin test

Gram Negative

if KOH test works its

Gram Positive

if Vancomycin test work its

Susceptible

an organism in sufficently killed/inhibited by an antibiotic