Equipment and Materials
- Glass slides, 25 × 75 mm, with etched portion for labeling; 1 slide for each blended food sample (10-1 dilution)
- Wire loop, 3-4 mm, platinum-iridium or nichrome, B&S gauge No. 24 or 26
- Gram stain reagents (R32)
- Microscope, with oil immersion objective lens (95-100×) and 10× ocular
- Immersion oil
- Methanol
- Xylene