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HT Histotechnician

Category - Staining

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What technique is useful in staining encapsulated fungi?

Southgates’s mucicarmine
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Langhan’s iodine
Gomori’s aldehyde

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Answer: A - Southgates’s mucicarmine
The technique useful in staining encapsulated fungi is Southgates’s mucicarmine. It stains microorganisms with a cell wall that is composed of polysaccharide components. Cryptococcus neoformans is one of the organisms that will be identified when using this stain. All the other options are not used to stain encapsulated fungi.

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