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carbolfuchsin
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carbolfuchsin /car·bol·fuch·sin/ (kahr″bol-fūk´sin) a dye containing basic fuchsin and dilute phenol.
car·bol·fuch·sin (kärbôl-fyksn)
n.
A mixture of an aqueous solution of phenol and an alcoholic solution of fuchsin used as a stain in microscopy, especially to stain bacteria.


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They were stained with Kinyoun's carbol fuchsin modified acid-fast stain and examined by oil immersion microscopy.
In 1883, German pathologist Friedrich Neelsen added his modification, using carbol fuchsin instead of carbol methyl violet and decolorizing with 15% sulfuric acid.
8%) [4] and carbol fuchsin are recommended primarily for anaerobes and other weakly staining Gram-negative rods that are poorly demonstrated with safranin.
 
 
 
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