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mucicarmine

mucicarmine noun: a staining procedure used in microbiology to identify a variety of microorganisms based on whether or not the cell wall stains intensely red.

Noun

mucicarmine (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A staining procedure used in microbiology to identify a variety of microorganisms based on whether or not the cell wall stains intensely red.

Questions about mucicarmine

What does mucicarmine mean?
Mucicarmine means a staining procedure used in microbiology to identify a variety of microorganisms based on whether or not the cell wall stains intensely red.
What part of speech is mucicarmine?
Mucicarmine is a noun.

Words near mucicarmine in the dictionary

  1. muchwhat
  2. muci
  3. muci-
  4. mucic
  5. mucic acid
  6. mucicarmine
  7. mucid
  8. mucidity
  9. mucidness
  10. mucidous
  11. muciferous

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