Abbott stain for spores

Ab·bott stain for spores

(ab'ŏt),

spores are stained blue with alkaline methylene blue; bodies of the bacilli become pink with eosin counterstain.

Ab·bott stain for spores

(ab'ŏt stān spōrz)

Spores are stained blue with alkaline methylene blue; bodies of the bacilli become pink with eosin counterstain.

Abbott,

Alexander C., U.S. bacteriologist, 1860-1935.

Abbott stain for spores