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dropkickkid dropkickkid
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9 years ago
The picture I have attached is a cell phone pic of a random bacteria slide I looked at in my 200's level micro class yesterday. It was the first day, so I don't really have the expertise to say what it is, but I am really curious. Our professor was mostly seeing weather we could actually use a microscope, and I didn't have time to stick around and pick his brain about it.

The pic is with standard 10x occulars, and 40x objective (we start using oil immersion tomorrow, yay!)
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9 years ago
Why is it purple?

Gram-staining?
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9 years ago
Why is it purple?

Gram-staining?
Yes, and unfortunately that is about all I know. I'm not sure if that is enough to go on, but I am really curious if anyone knows.
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bio_manbio_man
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9 years ago Edited: 9 years ago, bio_man
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9 years ago
Hey dropkickkid, it would be impossible to tell with microorganism lies on this slide. Identifying bacteria can sometimes take >6 biochemical tests. All we can deduce from this image is that it's Gram-positive.
Thanks for looking at it anyway, I appreciate it!
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9 years ago
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