Application
Auramine O has been used to study the cuticle/cutin in the epidermis of the pollen presenter in Vangueria infausta.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Auramine O is used for the staining of acid-fast organisms, coccidia. Auramine O along with carbol generates brilliant yellow fluorochrome of tubercle bacilli. It is effective in detecting positive cases of tuberculosis. Auramine O binds to the mycolic acid in the bacterial cell wall.
Packaging
25 g in glass bottle
Suitability
Certified for use by fluorescence microscopy in Churukian′s modification of Truant′s fluorescent method for acid fast bacilli on paraffin sections.
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