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Next an alcohol or acetone solution is applied to the smear. That reagent is the:

APrimary stain use
BDecolorising one
CMordant agent
DCounterstain use
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Decolorising one
1. It removes dye from some cells. 2. Ethanol is typical. 3. It is the decolorising one. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 2, How We See the Invisible World._
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