title: Quality control slide for potassium hydroxide and cellufluor fungal preparations.
abstract: An opaque, water-insoluble quality control material with a skinlike microscopic appearance was prepared by inoculating melted xanthine (0.4%) agar with filamentous fungi and dispensing drops onto glass slides. After solidification of the agar, the material was rapidly cleared by 10% KOH, revealing fungal elements stained by Cellufluor reagent.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000592:standards*; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000592:standards*; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011188:Potassium / Q000592:standards*; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006878:Hydroxides; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C048787:cellufluor; D011188:Potassium; C029943:potassium hydroxide