Lactophenol Cotton Blue Intended use Used for wet mounting as well as staining of fungi. Summary Wet mounting is the simplest and easiest technique for the examination of fungi. Routinely employed wet mounts in most of the laboratories include saline, iodine and buffered methylene blue. Lactophenol cotton blue wet mount preparation is commonly used for microscopic identification of fungi. Principle It is formulated with lactophenol, which serves as the mounting fluid and the dye, cotton blue. Lactic acid preserves the fungal structure and clears the tissue while phenol acts as a disinfectant. The high concentration of phenol deactivates lytic cellular ...

 

LACTOPHENOL BLUE STAIN - For in vitro use only - Catalogue No. SL18 Our Lactophenol Blue Stain is used as a growth in the drop Lactophenol Blue on the mounting medium for studying fungi. slide. Although many criteria are considered when 3. With two sterile dissecting needles, gently identifying moulds such as culture characteristics, tease the fungus apart so that it is thinly temperature tolerance, nutritional profiles, and spread out in the Lactophenol. various biochemical tests, modern classification 4. Place a coverslip edge of the Lactophenol schemes emphasize microscopic morphological and slowly lower it. Avoid trapping air features that are ...