After which step in the Gram-stain procedure are gram-positive bacteria first distinguished from gram-negative bacteria?

a. Crystal violet
b. Iodine mordant
c. Gram's decolorizer
d. Safranin


C
Up until the decolorizer step, all bacteria and cells appear the same during the Gram-stain pro-cedure.

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