Fungi can grow in a number of different aqueous stain solutions. One time a
tech brought me a slide she had stained with GMS for fungi, together with the
positive control slide she had run. I could see fungi on the test slide but
there was no sign of silver staining. The control slide showed po
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Subject: [Histonet] ?bacterial/fungal contamination on slides
We are experiencing contamination of GMS and PAS-F stained slides with
a filamentous microorganism, bacterial or possibly fungal. Our flotation
baths and stainers are cleaned daily with Sparkleen and water. We use
distilled water
that with bleach quarterly.
Laurie Colbert
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Subject: [Histonet] ?bacterial/fungal contamination on slides
We are experiencing contamination of GMS and PAS-F stained slides with
a filamentous microorganism, bacterial or possibly fungal. Our flotation
baths and stainer
We are experiencing contamination of GMS and PAS-F stained slides with
a filamentous microorganism, bacterial or possibly fungal. Our flotation
baths and stainers are cleaned daily with Sparkleen and water. We use
distilled water to fill the baths. We use the Ventana system for the
stains, which i
