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Heat fixation is the procedure used to adhere a bacterial smear to a glass slide for viewing by a [[compound microscope]]. |
'''Heat fixation''' is the procedure used to adhere a bacterial smear to a glass slide for viewing by a [[compound microscope]]. |
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After a smear has been allowed to dry at room temperature, the slide is gripped by tongs or a clothespin and passed through the flame of a [[Bunsen burner]] several times to heat-kill and adhere the organism to the slide. Heat fixation cannot be used in the [[capsular stain]] method as heat fixation will shrink or destroy the capsule ([[glycocalyx]]) and cannot be seen in stains. |
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Revision as of 15:04, 5 October 2008
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Heat fixation is the procedure used to adhere a bacterial smear to a glass slide for viewing by a compound microscope.
After a smear has been allowed to dry at room temperature, the slide is gripped by tongs or a clothespin and passed through the flame of a Bunsen burner several times to heat-kill and adhere the organism to the slide. Heat fixation cannot be used in the capsular stain method as heat fixation will shrink or destroy the capsule (glycocalyx) and cannot be seen in stains.
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