Homework SourseMembers of which genus of bacteria are best stained using th
Members of which genus of bacteria are best stained using the acid-fast method?
A.) yersinia
B.) streptococcus
C.) mycobacterium
Members of which genus of bacteria are best stained using the acid-fast method?
A.) yersinia
B.) streptococcus
C.) mycobacterium
A.) yersinia
B.) streptococcus
C.) mycobacterium
Solution
The bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium stains best with an acid-fast method and the other given genus can be identified with gram stain. Mycobacterium is best stained with acid-fast stain because they do not respond to the gram staining technique because of the lipids present in the cell wall. The other two mentioned strains can be identified and differentiated by the gram-staining method.
