Gram staining principles gram staining is used to determine gram status to classify bacteria broadly. The difference between the two groups is believed to be due to a much larger. Gram stain report introduction the purpose of this experiment is to determine the shape and gram stain of the bacteria under a microscope. Gram was searching for a method that would allow visualization of cocci in tissue sections of lungs of. Characteristic gram negative bacteria gram positive bacteria wall structure they have a thin lipopolysaccharide exterior cell wall. The first page of the pdf of this article appears above. Apr 12, 2016 the goal of the current study was to develop a modification of the gram stain that enhances the contrast between bacteria and host tissue.
The gram stain was first used in 1884 by hans christian gram gram,1884. Bacteria that retain the initial crystal violet stain purple are said to be gram positive, whereas those that are decolorized and stain red with carbol fuchsin or safranin are said to be gram negative. Gram staining is still the cornerstone of bacterial identification and taxonomic division. Bacterial classification, structure and function columbia university. Screening of the quality of the clinical specimens such as sputum that should contain many. Cover different classification schemes for grouping bacteria, especially the use of the gram stain 2. The gram stain and differentialstaining the gram test is. Fluorescent gram stains wheat germ agglutinin wga is a carbohydratebinding lectin that preferentially binds to grampositive bacteria fig.
A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. Gram positive bacteria has only the inner plasma membrane and no outer membrane. Gram staining allows for quick visualization of bacterial morphology and broad cellular distinction from a wide range of environmental samples. Gramnegative bacteria have a thin peptidoglycan layer and appear pink to red due to the safranin counterstain that masks the crystal violet. Pdf laboratory perspective of gram staining and its. We will be monitoring our bioreactors for bacterial contamination. The circle farthest from the label contains a droplet of a gramnegative escherichia coli derived from atcc 25922. Rapid presumptive diagnosis of diseases such as bacterial meningitis. The gram stain procedure distinguishes between gram positive and gram negative groups by coloring these cells red or violet.
Neutrophilic and necrotizing with an exudate and fibrin filling the airspaces. Klebsiella pneumoniae an overview sciencedirect topics. Gram stain, gram positive, gram negative, heat fixation, methanol fixation. This test differentiates the bacteria into gram positive and gram negative bacteria, which helps in the classification and differentiation of microorganisms. The gram stain, the most widely used staining procedure in bacteriology, is a complex and differential staining procedure. To use and relate the gram stain to the study of bacterial cell morphology, and as an important step in the identification of a bacterial species. A positive gram stain result means the bacteria has a thick peptidoglycan layer in the cell wall that retains the stain after it is washed away from the rest of the sample. Gram staining of bacteria from environmental sources protocol. Pdf on nov 14, 2014, yunusa thairu and others published laboratory perspective of gram staining and its significance in investigations of infectious diseases find, read and cite all the. Gram positive bacteria will usually stand out easily against the pinkish background. The crystal violetiodine complexes do form in gram negative bacteria but do not adhere to the cell wall. Pdf gram staining is an empirical method of differentiating bacterial species into two large groups grampositive and.
Gram staining of bacteria from environmental sources. A gram negative pneumonia that can cause both nosocomial and communityacquired pneumonia. Staining of bacterial cells objective to learn the techniques of smear preparation, gram staining, nigrosin staining and correlating the results of gram staining with koh test. The gram staining is almost always the first step in the identification of bacteria. Gram positive bacteria stain deep violet to blue and gram negative bacteria stain pink to red. Despite this fact, and the con siderable time which has elapsed since. Unless it is a gram stain of a pure culture, there normally should be material staining. Nov 03, 20 the gram staining is almost always the first step in the identification of bacteria. Bacterial classification, structure and function introduction the purpose of this lecture is to introduce you to terminology used in microbiology. The reason for staining bacteria is due to the fact that most bacteria are transparent and cannot be seen through the microscope.
Borrelia burgdorferi fig 1 borrelia recurrentis fig 1. Clinically, gram stain results allow for rapid intervention. The acid fast stain was discovered by ehrlich, who found that after staining. Gram staining for differentiating bacterial species youtube. Pdf difference between gram positive and gram negative bacteria. Difference between gram stain and acid fast compare the. Kits are available commercially, or formulas for reagents are listed in appendix b. Occurrence of a phosphoric ester in certain bacteria. Oct 05, 2018 the direct microscopic examination of specimens and cultures can provide a rapid presumptive diagnosis meanwhile gram staining is a differential stain that provide morphological information regarding the shape of cell,the type of cell arrangement that is single chained, clustered of gram negative and gram positive bacteria. The modified gram stain technique was performed in the same fashion as described in the gram stain above, with the only addition of a counterstain after the first dehydration step of 100 % alcohol fig. Gram staining technique is the widely used differential staining technique in bacteriology. Looking beyond bacteria to find fungi in gram stained smear.
Gram stain, a widely used microbiological staining technique that greatly aids in the identification and characterization of bacteria. Fluorescent gram stains wheat germ agglutinin wga is a carbohydratebinding lectin that preferentially binds to gram positive bacteria fig. Bacteria which cannot or are difficult to gram stain. Gram staining detects a fundamental difference in the cell wall composition of bacteria. Gram staining method, the most important procedure in microbiology, was developed by danish physician hans christian gram in 1884. Therefore, to see bacteria with the microscope, it is necessary to apply colour by using a staining reagent. Microscopic fields that contain crystal violet precipitant, or pmns, macrophages or epithelial cells that are staining purple are areas that are under decolorized. Nov 25, 2019 prokaryotes bacteria and gram staining gram positive and gram negative btec101, day 5 why are we learning this. Introduction observation of bacteria with conventional bright field microscopy yields relatively little useful information. Based on differences in cell wall components, bacteria are categorized as either gram positive stains dark purple or gram negative stains pink. Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful.
A comparison of this new method with well known gram stain methods demonstrates its superiority in differentially staining gram positive and gramnegative bacteria in control experimental tissue lesions when types of fixatives, duration of tissue storage prior to paraffin embedment, types of embedding agents, and section thickness are varied. Grampositive bacteria become gramnegative when their cell wall is ruptured or removed. Finally, a counter stain safranin, is applied to stain those cells gram negative that have lost the primary stain as a result of decolorization gram reaction gram positive bacteria are those that are stained dark blue or violet by gram staining. It was devised by a danish physician, hans christian gram, in 1884. Gram staining uses crystal violet to stain cell walls, iodine as a mordant, and a fuchsin or safranin counterstain to mark all bacteria. Gram staining is a common technique used to differentiate two large groups of bacteria based on their different cell wall constituents. A modified gram stain was developed and tested as an alternative to gram stain that improves the contrast between gram positive bacteria, gram negative bacteria and host tissue. The identification of an unknown organism typically begins with a gram stain. Available in colors other dyes that preferentially stain grampositive bacteria include membrite fix and calcofluor white surface stains, nucspot live dna stains. The pink color from gram negative bacteria comes from a counter stain of safranin. The gram stain is a differential stain commonly used in the microbiology laboratory that differentiates bacteria on the basis of their cell wall structure. The procedure is named for the person who developed the technique, danish bacteriologist hans christian gram. Gram staining is the common, important, and most used differential staining techniques in microbiology, which was introduced by danish bacteriologist hans christian gram in 1884.
Gram stain is probably one of the most commonly used staining procedures used in the field of microbiology. The gram stain is a type of differential stain that allows a microbiologist to. In gram staining the purple color in gram positive bacteria comes from a crystal violet dye. After heatfixing the smear, crystal violet is applied. Gram staining is an empirical method of differentiating bacterial species into two large groups gram positive and gram negative based on the chemical and physical properties of their cell walls. Selection of empirical antibiotics based on gram stain finding.
The filter gram stain detected 2 to 100 bacteria, whereas the slide gram stain failed to detect less than 1,000 bacteria. This was developed in 1884 by a danish bacteriologist, hans christian gram. To go back to my photo gallery of bacterial pathogens the web contains many images pictures of bacteria. Oct 24, 2019 the results of the gram stain are viewed using light microscopy. Objectives to learn the technique of smear preparation. The gram stain is a differential method of staining used to assign bacteria to one of two groups gram positive and gram negative based on the properties of their cell walls. The relation of the gram stain to the cell wall and the ribonucleic acid content of the cell.
Acinetobacter baumannii and brucella species are gramnegative organisms that are vulnerable to misinterpretation as gram positive or gram. Jul 28, 2017 gram staining is a differential staining technique, which separates bacteria into two groups known as gram positive bacteria and gram negative bacteria. The gram stain and differential staining journal of. Selection of suitable culture media based on gram stain finding. The gram stain was developed by christian gram in 1884 and modified by hucker in 1921. The direct microscopic examination of specimens and cultures can provide a rapid presumptive diagnosis meanwhile gram staining is a differential stain that provide morphological information regarding the shape of cell,the type of cell arrangement that is single chained, clustered of gram negative and gram positive bacteria. Gram staining is an essential procedure used in the identification of bacteria and is frequently the only method required for studying their morphology. Principle the gram stain is used to classify bacteria on the basis of their forms, sizes, cellular morphologies, and gram reactions. Most bacteria have no colour, so they generate little contrast in the microscope field. This is in contrast to gram negative bacteria, which cannot retain the.
Ppt gram positive bacteria powerpoint presentation free. This washes away the stain on the gram negative bacteria but not gram positive bacteria because it is trapped in the cell wall. The acidfast stain is a differential stain used to identify acidfast organisms such as mycobacterium from nonacid fast organisms. The links on this page provide the virtual microbiology classroom documents, web pages and videos useful in preparing for this lab. The gram stain is a classical and important staining technique that remains widely used by environmental microbiologists.
May 19, 20 gram staining or gram s method is a method of differentiating bacterial species into two large groups gram positive and gram negative. Pathogenic gramnegative vibrios vibrios share many characteristics with enteric bacteria found in water environments worldwide vibrio cholerae most common species to infect humans causes cholera humans infected by ingesting contaminated food and water ricewater stool is characteristic. This makes the gram stain a valuable diagnostic tool for a medical clinic or lab. The main difference between gram positive and gram negative bacteria is that. Gram positive bacteria ross university school of veterinary medicine bacteriology march 2004 amy fayette what is the major source of infection with listeria.
This test differentiate the bacteria into gram positive and gram negative bacteria, which helps in the classification and differentiations of microorganisms. An optimized staining technique for the detection of gram. Named after hans christian gram who developed the method in 1884, the gram stain allows one to distinguish between gram. Typically, a mixture of gram stain reactions and morphologies are seen, including palestaining gram negative rods with. Gram stains quickly tell not only if a bacterium is gram positive or gram negative, but also staining the cells reveals the shape of the bacterium its cell morphology. Gram positive bacteria stain bluepurple and gram negative bacteria stain red. Through a series of staining and decolorization steps, organisms in the domain bacteria are differentiated according to cell wall composition. Gram stain or gram staining, also called gram s method, is a method of staining used to distinguish and classify bacterial species into two large groups. Gram stain principle, reagents, procedure, steps, results. The peptidoglycan layer is thick effect of dye do not retain the crystal violet dye, and react only with a counter stain, generally stain pink.
This differential staining procedure separates most bacteria into two groups on the basis of cell wall composition. They are transparent, and their detection is difficult under living and. Some bacteria, after staining with the gram stain, yield a gram variable pattern. The name comes from its inventor, hans christian gram. Gram staining 2 free download as powerpoint presentation. Crystal violet dye is added for one minute to stain. A fundamental laboratory technique that is introduced in general biology and microbiology courses is staining of bacterial cells on glass slides. Mybook is a cheap paperback edition of the original book and will be sold at uniform, low price. Using a solvent to remove the stain from some types of bacteria. Gram stain gram stain pure strain cultures to determine whether gram negative or gram positive. We sometimes are culturing li as the organism of choice and in this case we want to make sure it is n. The gram reaction reflects fundamental differences in the biochemical and structural properties of bacteria.
Honestly, the amount of people who dont know what a gram stain is shocks my inner biologist. Gram negative bacteria tend to exhibit lower fluorescence intensity than gram positive bacteria, because of their cell structure outer membrane impedes penetration of cfda. Typically, a mixture of gram stain reactions and morphologies are seen, including pale staining gram negative rods with. Read online gram stain and download gram stain book full in pdf formats. This is the difference between acid fast and gram stain. Gram positive bacteria stain blue while gram negative stain red. It is a valuable diagnostic tool in both clinical and research settings, not all bacteria can be definitively classified by this technique. Klebsiella pneumoniae is an encapsulated gram negative bacterium that is frequently found in the flora of the mouth, skin and intestines as well as in natural environments 1. The acid fast stain was discovered by ehrlich, who found that after staining with. The gram staining technique differentiates the mixed culture cells into two terms as gram positive bacteria and gram negative bacteria.
The gram stain differentiates bacteria into two fundamental varieties of cells. If your slide is all one color either pink or blue, then the slide may either have been over or under decolorized. The gram stain virtual interactive bacteriology laboratory. Because the bacteria are colored, not only is their gram stain group identified, but their shape, size, and clumping pattern may be observed. Available in colors other dyes that preferentially stain gram positive bacteria include membrite fix and calcofluor white surface stains, nucspot live dna stains. The circle nearest the label contains a droplet of grampositive staphylococcus aureus derived from atcc 25923. To learn the techniques of gram staining, nigrosin staining and koh test. Gram stain of sputum or examination of a bronchoscopically obtained specimen from a patient with anaerobic pneumonia reveals numerous polymorphonuclear leukocytes with an abundance of intracellular and extracellular bacteria.
This is the key difference between gram stain and acid fast stain. Bacterial characteristics gram staining video khan academy. A comparison of heat versus methanol fixation for gram. To stain bacteria, a uniform smear is applied to a glass side and allowed to dry. The purpose of this page is to provide a central location to go to for images of pathogenic bacteria on the web. Therefore, gram negative bacteria are more pathogenic. Difference between gram positive and gram negative bacteria. Photo gallery of bacterial pathogens the web contains many images pictures of bacteria. An optimized staining technique for the detection of gram positive. Bacterial characteristics gram staining video khan. Unless it is a gram stain of a pure culture, there normally should be material staining both colors somewhere on the slide. The gram test is the most commonly employed method for differential staining of bacteria. Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects.
At this point, slides were immersed in alcoholic saffron american master tech scientific, inc. The name comes from the danish bacteriologist hans christian gram, who developed the technique gram staining differentiates bacteria by the chemical and physical properties of their cell walls. The filtergram stain detected 2 to 100 bacteria, whereas the slidegram stain failed to detect less than 1,000 bacteria. Gram staining is a simple procedure if done with precision and accuracy can guide in diagnosis of several bacterial infections. In cultures of bacillus, butyrivibrio, and clostridium, a decrease in peptidoglycan thickness during growth coincides with an increase in the number of cells that stain gram negative. It is one of the differential stains that are used to characterize bacteria in one of two groups. The gram stain is the most frequently used stain in a clinical microbiology laboratory and is usually the first step in identifying bacteria.
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