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Colour Index Number 45380/52015
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Colour Index Number 881/1038
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MDL number MFCD00005038
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PubChem Substance ID 329754361
Properties:
| Related Categories | Analytical Reagents, Analytical/Chromatography, Microscopy Reagents, Stains and Dyes |
| InChI Key |
NXBZXYJXNIFCRJ-UHFFFAOYSA |
| quality | according to May-Grünwald |
Description:
General description
Mixture of eosin and methylene blue stains for use in differential microbiological media to culture and identify pathogenic microorganisms, e.g., Neisseria sicca,, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.
Eosin has been used in combination with methylene blue, to detect carboxlic acid group in organic compounds. It gives a red or orange-coloured precipitate on treatment with carboxylic acid solution in water, acetone, alcohol, or dioxin. It is also used as an indicator for differentiation of the colon from the typhoid-dysentery group of bacteria.
Application
Eosin methylene blue was used for staining cells, during optical microscopy studies, done for analysis of cell morphology.
Safety:
GHS07
