Differential Staining of Yeast for Purified Cell Walls, Broken Cells, And Whole Cells |
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Authors: | Donald E. Bianchi |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Biology, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California |
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Abstract: | Intact yeast cells are Gram positive but broken or disrupted cells are Gram negative. A counterstain with methyl green provides differential staining between cell wall and cytoplasm. The cells and cell fragments are dried on a slide and stained by a standard Gram stain. The preparation is then treated for 5 min with 1% phosphomolybdic acid, washed, and stained 0.5 min with 1% aqueous methyl green (unpurified by CHCl3 extraction). Under these conditions whole, intact cells are dark purple or black, walls of broken cells and purified walls are light green, and the exposed cytoplasm stains light purple. All fractions can be easily differentiated. |
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