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This is a higher-power photomicrograph of lung section stained with Alcian blue. The mucopolysaccharide capsule shrinks during processing with this stain, thereby producing a shrunken central appearance with the formation of spikes around each organism.
This is a higher-power photomicrograph of lung section stained with Alcian blue. The mucopolysaccharide capsule shrinks during processing with this stain, thereby producing a shrunken central appearance with the formation of spikes around each organism.
