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Quantification of polysaccharides fixed to Gram stained slides using lactophenol cotton blue and digital image processing

Dark blue rings and circles emerged when the non-specific polysaccharide stain lactophenol cotton blue was added to Gram stained slides. The dark blue staining is attributable to the presence of capsular polysaccharides and bacterial slime associated with clumps of Gram-negative bacteria.  Since all...

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Published in:F1000Res
Main Author: Ericksen, Bryan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: F1000 Research Limited 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5754746/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29333228
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.5779.5
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