Acid-Fast Stain-Microbiology Lab?

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1.why must heat or a surface-active agent be used with application of the primary stain during acid-fast staining?

2.why is acid-alcohol rather than ethyl alcohol used as a decolorizing agent?

3. what is the specific diagnostic value of this staining procedure?

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