NOUN
- a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment
How To Use crystal violet In A Sentence
- Furthermore, the xerogels prepared from the organogels showed a striking property of adsorbing dyes such as crystal violet from water.
- New and practical staining techniques on frozen tissues, such as modified trichrome and crystal violet stains, are welcome additions.
- Bacteria were grown in tissue culture plates and biofilm formation was detected by crystal violet (CV) staining, followed by dye solubilization with acetic acid. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- The first dye is crystal violet, which is fixed or mordanted in Gram positive bacteria by iodine.