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carbolfuchsin
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carbolfuchsin [‚kär‚bäl′fyük·sən]
(materials)
A solution of fuchsin, phenol, alcohol, and water; used as a stain in the identification of bacteria.


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They were stained with Kinyoun's carbol fuchsin modified acid-fast stain and examined by oil immersion microscopy.
In 1883, German pathologist Friedrich Neelsen added his modification, using carbol fuchsin instead of carbol methyl violet and decolorizing with 15% sulfuric acid.
8%) [4] and carbol fuchsin are recommended primarily for anaerobes and other weakly staining Gram-negative rods that are poorly demonstrated with safranin.
 
 
 
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