Methods for Bacteria, Fungi, and Inclusion Bodies

• Gimenez
• Grocott's Methenamine Silver
• Lillie Twort
• Modified Helicobacter pylori & gastric morphology
• Modified Ziehl-Neelsen
• Periodic Acid Schiff (may also be used for polysaccharides, neutral mucosubstances, and basement membranes)
• Warthin-Starry
• Ziehl-Neelsen Method for Acid Fast Bacteria

Methods for Carbohydrates and Mucoproteins

• Alcian Blue pH 1.0
• Alcian Blue pH 2.5
• Alcian Blue / PAS
• Mayers Mucicarmine
• PAS Diastase

Methods for Connective Tissue and Basement Membranes

• Gomori's Method for Reticulum
• Masson's Trichrome
• PAM
• Verhoeff-Van Gieson

Methods for Cytoplasmic Granules

• Giemsa
• Grimelius
• Toluidine Blue

Methods for Fats and Lipids

• Oil Red O
• Sudan IV

Methods for Pigments and Minerals

• Hall's
• Okajima
• Perl's
• Schmorl's
• Von Kossa
• Fontana-Masson

Methods for Nerve Cells, Fibers, and Myelin

• Bielschowsky
• Bodians
• Feulgen
• Holmes
• Holzers
• Luxol Fast Blue - PASH

Miscellaneous Methods

• Bennhold's Congo Red for Amyloid
• Fraser-Lendrum for Fibrin
• PTAH for Muscle
• Agnor for Agnor
• Timm's for Copper

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