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T F During the first step of the gram stain procedure only gram positive bacteria will pick up the purple stain

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F

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True

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If the bacteria is Gram positive, it will retain the primary stain (crystal violet) and not take the secondary stain (safranin), causing it to look violet/purple under a microscope.

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