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Certain Actinobacteria (especially aerobic ones in the order Mycobacteriales) with mycolic acid in their cell wall; not to be confused with Actinomyces, which is a non-acid-fast genus of actinomycete. Note that Streptomyces do not contain mycolic acid. Nocardia (weakly acid-fast; resists decolorization with weaker acid concentrations ...
After the Ziehl-Neelsen staining procedure using carbol fuchsin, acid-fast bacteria are observable as vivid red or pink rods set against a blue or green background, depending on the specific counterstain used, such as methylene blue or malachite green, respectively. Non-acid-fast bacteria and other cellular structures will be colored by the ...
The Kinyoun method can be modified as a weak acid fast stain, which uses 0.5–1.0% sulfuric acid instead of hydrochloric acid.The weak acid fast stain, in addition to staining Mycobacteria, will also stain organisms that are not able to maintain the carbol fuchsin after decolorizing with HCl, such as Nocardia species and Cryptosporidium.
[2] [3] Carbol fuchsin is used as the primary stain dye to detect acid-fast bacteria because it is more soluble in the cells' wall lipids than in the acid alcohol. If the bacteria is acid-fast the bacteria will retain the initial red color of the dye because they are able to resist the destaining by acid alcohol (0.4–1% HCl in 70% EtOH). [4]
Acid fast (Ziehl-Neelsen technique) Film stained with hot Z.N.C.F. decolourised (acid-alcohol) and counter stain with methylene blue Separate non-decolorized acid fast bacteria that are not decolorized from colorized non-acid fast bacteria Acid fast bacteria:Red Non acid fast: Blue 5 Endospore (Dornor's method)
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Some bacteria have cell walls which are particularly adept at retaining stains. These will appear positive by Gram stain even though they are not closely related to other gram-positive bacteria. These are called acid-fast bacteria, and can only be differentiated from other gram-positive bacteria by special staining procedures. [25]
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