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  1. mubashiriqbal97
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    2022-11-04T10:24:10+00:00
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    A mordant is a substance that increases the affinity of the cell wall for a stain by binding to the primary stain, thus forming an insoluble complex, which gets trapped in the cell wall.

  2. microbiome
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    2022-12-17T18:08:55+00:00
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    in microbiology, microorganisms’ cells are stained and observed under microscope to differentiate between different structures like cell wall, capsule, spores. a mordant is a chemical, molecule or substance that forms an insoluble complex with the primary stain and increases cell wall’s affinity for a stain.
    e.g. in gram’s staining, iodine is a mordant that form complex with crystal violet (primary stain)

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