2.6.4: Exercise #11 - Lab Wrap-Up

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    Lab Wrap-Up Questions
    Answer the following questions:
    1. Explain why it is important that the smear not be heat fixed for a capsule stain.
    2. Draw and label a bacterial cell that has a capsule following the capsule stain.
      Blank specimen circle for drawing a capsule-stained bacterial cell.
    3. Why are capsules clinically important? What does the capsule do for those bacteria that are pathogenic and possess a capsule?

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