
Rinse off any excess safranin gently with distilled water and carefully blot dry both sides.Pour off any excess water and place slide on the staining rack and flood with Safranin ( counterstain) for one minute.Let the slide cool down, and then using the forceps over the staining rack, gently rinse with distilled water until the runoff is clear( decolorizer).After the time is up, carefully remove the slide from the water bath using forceps.Steam the slide for 5 to 7 minutes (mordant).Flood the paper towel on the slide with Malachite Green ( primary stain).Cover the slide with a piece of paper towel and place on staining rack over the water bath.

#Spore stain free
Types of endospores that can be identified include free endospores, central endospores( middle of the cell), subterminal( between the end and middle of the cell), and terminal ( end of the cell) endospores. Symptoms include diarrhea, belly pain, and fever. Clostridium difficile- Causes inflammation in the colon, most often from other antibiotics. Clostridium botulinum is sometimes sold as botox and prevents nerve transmission. Clostridium botulinum- Spore found in foods that have not been canned properly. Clostridium titani,- Spore that causes lock jaw (tetanus) and rigid paralysis. Bacillus cereus- Can cause two types of food poisoning: emetic and diarrheal Bacillus anthraces, which causes anthrax Most bacteria are unable to form endospores due to their high resistance, but some common species are the genera Bacillus ( over 100 species) and Clostridium (over 160 species). This is because the DNA inside the endospore is able to survive over a long period of time. To this day, the Schaeffer- Fulton stain is still performed to help identify bacteria.Įndospores are able to last for decades in multiple hard conditions, such as drying and freezing. This improved method provided a quicker and easier test and allowed for the spores to be more susceptible to the dyes. Although this method was not the most beneficial, it was a lot more convenient than Dorner's method. Schaeffer and Fulton made the heating process a lot faster by using a Bunsen burner. Dorner used heat as a step in the process, but it was time consuming, so in 1933, Schaeffer and Fulton modified his method. He found a differential staining technique where endospores appear green and vegetative cells appear pinkish red. In 1922, Dorner published a method for staining endospores. In the early 1900's, researchers were trying to find alternative methods to improve disease and infection from these endospores. These scientists, along with a few others, found out that spores were dormant and resistant to heat. It was found that endospores could not be stained using simple stains such as methylene blue, safranin, and carbol fuchsin. Endospores were first studied in 1876 by scientists Cohn and Koch.
