Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium. Let's say you wanted to carry out Gram-staining in such a way as to make it appear gram-negative. How might you accomplish this?
A. Omit the carbol fuchsin
B. Leave it flooded with ethanol for longer than a minute
C. Squirt it with methyl blue at the end
D. This is not possible
Answer:B
Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium. Let's say you wanted to carry out Gram-staining in such a way as to make it appear gram-negative. How might you accomplish this?
A. Omit the carbol fuchsin B. Leave it flooded with ethanol for longer than a minute C. Squirt it with methyl blue at the end D. This is not possible