THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ACID-FAST REACTION
- 1 September 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry
- Vol. 10 (5) , 611-618
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10.5.611
Abstract
The action of phenol on the bacillus and its effect on the dye in solution were investigated. Many other compounds can replace phenol in the stain; neither protein denaturation nor capsular disruption is the primary role of the phenol; phenol and fuchsin do not exist in chemical combination in solution; no specific chemical role can be assigned to phenol in the stain; and the phenol behaves primarily by decreasing the solubility of fuchsin in water and increasing its solubility in the lipids of the bacillus. Support to the theory of acid-fastness proposed by Lamanna is presented.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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