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The first step in most bacterial staining procedures is the preparation of a smear. In a smear preparation, cells from a culture are spread in a thin film over a small area of a microscope slide, ...

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Heat Fixation: application of heat to a bacterial smear preparation. This procedure simultaneously kills and attaches the bacteria to the slide.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Bacteria had grown out in a yellowish smear coating the plates, but then holes appeared in the microbial film. The empty spaces looked like ...

In smear microscopy — a technique developed in the 1870s — sputum samples are smeared on a microscope slide and stained with a dye that binds to the bacteria that cause the disease.