Ziehl–Neelsen stain

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What Wikipedia says

The Ziehl–Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, is a bacteriological staining technique used in cytopathology and microbiology to identify acid-fast bacteria under microscopy, particularly members of the Mycobacterium genus.

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