The stain that does not require heating the slide for better penetration of stain into the mycobac-terial cell wall is known as the:

a. Kinyoun's.
b. Ziehl-Neelsen.
c. immunofluorochrome.
d. carbolfuchsin.


A
The Kinyoun's acid-fast stain is similar to the Ziehl-Neelsen stain but without heat, hence the term cold stain.

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