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fuchsin
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fuch·sin  (fyksn) also fuch·sine (-sn, -sn)
n.
A dark green synthetic dyestuff, C20H19N3HCl, used to make a purple-red dye employed in coloring textiles and leather and as a bacterial stain. Also called magenta.


fuchsin [ˈfuːksɪn], fuchsine [ˈfuːksiːn -sɪn]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a greenish crystalline substance, the quaternary chloride of rosaniline, forming a red solution in water: used as a textile dye and a biological stain. Formula: C20H19N3HCl Also called magenta
[from fuchs(ia) + -in; from its similarity in colour to the flower]


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ceti, B1 to B6 ** + + - + + + (+) (-) (-) (-) Growth on dyes, [micro]g/ mL ([double dagger]) Basic fuchsin O safranin Omp2b restriction Species, strain ([section]) 20 100 pattern B.
5 mm-thick slices were cut with the diamond saw, polished, stained with toluidine blue and basic fuchsin, and digitally imaged using a compound microscope with a combination of incident illumination and transillumination.
Semithin (1 to 2 pm) sections were cut with glass knives on an ultramicrotome and stained with toluidine blue and basic fuchsin for light microscopic examination with bright-field and differential interference contrast optics.
 
 
 
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