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Fungi can be stained by...

Fungi can be stained by

A

Safranine

B

Iodine

C

Lactophenol

D

Cotton blue

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D
Organisms suspended in the stain are killed due to the presence of phenol. The high concentration of the phenol deactivate lytic cellular enzymes thus the cells do not lyse. Cotton blue is an acid dye that stains the chitin present in the cell wall of fungi.
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