Components Composition:Neutral red 1.0 g/l, Acetic acid 2 ml/l in water General description Well developed granules of volutin (polyphosphate) may be seen in unstained wet preparations as round refractive bodies within the bacterial cytoplasm. With basic dye, they tend to stain more strongly than the rest of the bacterium, and with methylene blue solution (Fluka 01363) they stain metachromatically, a reddish purple color. |