Leishmann's stains the different white blood cells (leucocytes). The nucleus of a white blood cell is stained purple and the cytoplasm pink
Aceto-orcein stain binds to the DNA showing the individual chromosomes during mitosis which are stained pink
blood smears use Leishmanns stain
root tip squash preparation to show mitosis using acute-orcein stain
differential staining is used to distinguish between two different types of bacteria
the gram staining technique is used for differential staining
using differential staining the round bacteria (staphylococcus aureus) is stained purple and are gram positive. the rod shaped bacteria (escherichia coli) is stained pink and are gram negative.
