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How do acid fast stain results compare to gram stain results? a. In other words, what does the following represent? Acid Fast
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Answer: Acid fast stain:

Pink bacteria: Acid fast Positive

Blue bacteria: Acid fast negative

Gram stain:

Pink bacteria: Gram negative

Violet bacteria : Gram positive.

There is a difference in these colours as it means that the acid fast stain have pink color as it link to their cell walls known as mycolic acid which is waxy substance and it holds on to the carbolfuchsin. The other dose not have the presence of mycolic acid so they are acid fast negative.

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