You are performing a acid fast stain on acid fast -negative bacteria and you skip the decolorizer step. What is the appearance of the bacteria at the end of the stain? purple pink blue colorless

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You are performing a acid fast stain on acid fast -negative bacteria and you skip the decolorizer step. What is the appearance of the bacteria at the end of the stain?

purple

pink

blue

colorless 

 

 

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