A note on the staining of bacterial capsules

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Sterne, Max

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Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria

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The efficiency of Muir's capsule stain could be much increased by adding a surface-active agent (CTAB) to the primary carbol-fuchsin stain, and by using 0•1 per cent. alkaline methylene blue as a counter stain. Heating of the stain was not necessary.

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Veterinary medicine

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Sterne, M 1952, 'A note on the staining of bacterial capsules’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 51-52.