Bacteria Stains Lite

There are many different stains and staining procedures used in microbiology.

Some involve a single stain and just a few steps, while others use multiple stains and a more complicated procedure.

Before we start the staining procedure, the cells have to be mounted (smeared) and fixed onto a glass slide.

Often bacteria create specific arrangements of cells, which form as a result of binary fission by the bacteria as they reproduce.

Arrangements are particularly obvious with non-motile bacteria, because the cells tend to stay together after the fission process is complete.

Both the shape and arrangement of cells are characteristics that can be used to distinguish among bacteria.

The most commonly encountered bacterial shapes (cocci and bacilli)

In this one App we've summarized all your bacterial staining needs.

You'll get a procedural video explaining each and every stain, description of every stain, the organisms seen, and more.

It's perfect for routine revision and look-ups.