Both crystal violet and safranin are basic stains and may be used to do simple stains on Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells. This being the case, explain how they stain different cell types in the...

Both crystal violet and safranin are basic stains and may be used to do simple stains on Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells. This being the case, explain how they stain different cell types in the Gram stain.

If you saw large, eukaryotic cells in the preparation made from your gumline, they were most likely your own epithelial cells. Are you Gram-positive or Gram-negative? (You can make a good guess about this even if you didn’t see your cells.)