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Gibson Bioscience India Ink Control Kit
This kit is utilized as a quality control procedure for India Ink wet mounts
Supplier: Gibson Bioscience 100111LEX
Requires : The usual microbiological equipment such as slides, coverslips, microscope, biohazard bags, etc. are needed for procedures involving the use of this product.
Description
India Ink wet mounts are used for the visualization of encapsulated microorganisms, especially Cryptococcus neoformans.
- India Ink is added to each positive and negative suspension on a glass slide and observed under a microscope.
- The positive control provides an encapsulated suspension of Cryptococcus neoformans to be utilized when performing India Ink procedures
- The negative control provides a non-encapsulated suspension of Candida sp. to be utilized when performing India Ink
- Positive: The polysaccharide capsules will exclude the particles of ink, and the capsules will appear as clear halos around the organisms on semiopaque backgrounds
- Negative: No capsules present, no clear halos observed
Specifications
| India Ink Positive Control Kit | |
| 20 Tests | |
| Dropper | |
| Visualization of encapsulated microorganisms |
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