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If the slide is over-decolorized (the decolorizer is left on the slide for too long), which of the following could occur?
a. The counter stain will not be retained
b. The bacteria may be seen as gram-negative when they are actually gram-positive
c. The bacteria may be seen as gram positive when they are actually gram negative