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Manevalâs staining method is a negative staining method. To stain a capsule of a cell by Manevalâs staining method. 1  1 % Congo red solution.  Manevalâs stain.
All isolates were positive for metachromatic granules and none of these showed capsule or endospore formation (Table 3). Endospore staining was carried out by heating the air dried bacterial smear with malachite green for 5 min, followed by rinsing with water and counterstaining with safranin for 30s.