Lцffler alkaline methylene blue stain

Lцffler alkaline methylene blue stain
a simple stain used especially for demonstrating granules in Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Methylene blue made alkaline with potassium hydroxide is applied to a smear briefly and the slide washed. Granules appear deep blue in lighter blue cells.

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  • Lцffler alkaline methylene blue stain — Lцff·ler alkaline methylene blue stain (lərfґlər) [Friederich August Johannes Lцffler, German bacteriologist, 1852–1915] see Stains and Staining Methods, under stain …   Medical dictionary

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