E. coli Gram Staining

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E. coli Gram Staining Written and Directed By: Colton Anderson Table of Contents iii Table of Contents Table of iii Introduction ........................................ ... v Materials & Preparation ............................. 1 Materials and 3 Materials ........................................ ....... 3 Pre-Lab Preparation ................................ 3 Gram Stain Lab ....................................... 5 Preparing the organism ............................ 7 Heat fixing ........................................ .... 7 Gram Staining ....................................... 8 Viewing Under the Microscope .................. 11 Using the Microscope ............................. 12 Viewing your organism ........................... 12 Index ........................................ ............ 15 Introduction v Introduction It is important to be aware of the correct way to stain an organism.

Also light your Bunsen burner at the beginning of the experiment. 5 . Gram Stain Lab. In the next section, we will go over how to prepare your organism and how to properly stain it. 7 Preparing the Organism . Heat fixing Heat fixing is a lab term in which the person doing the lab takes a

  Coils, Burner, Bunsen, Bunsen burner