The Ziehl-Neelsen stain is useful in identifying which family of microorganisms?

a. Streptococci c. Staphylococci
b. Mycobacterium d. Pseudomonas

ANS: B
The Ziehl-Neelsen stain is also called the acid-fast stain and is used to identify Mycobacterium species such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This stain is not used to identify streptococci, staph-ylococci, or Pseudomonas.

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