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VON GELEI'S Toluidin Blue technique1 yields beautifully stained preparations of the cuticular lattice of Paramecium, but considerable experience is required before satisfactory results are obtained, and the method takes so long (five hours) that it is of little use for class purposes. Adequate staining of the lattice can be obtained, however, by treating Schaudinn-fixed films of Paramecium with Giemsa's stain.
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Gelei, J. von, Microkosmos, 20, 97 (1927).
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BROWN, C. A Method for Staining the Cuticular Lattice of Paramecium. Nature 164, 968–969 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164968b0
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