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Description: This is an acid fast stain. Notice the reddish-pink, filamentous cells. These are the acid fast cells, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. They have a waxy lipid in their cell walls called mycolic acid that makes difficult to stain. The small circular blue cells are non-acid fast and have been stained with the Picture Stats: Views: 1452 Filesize: 20.08kB Height: 200 Width: 249 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=18066 |