Yahoo! Answers: Answers and Comments for how do the acid fast properties relate to the gram stain? [Other - Science] Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070113152950AAAiWZy From joangrace en-us Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:43:21 GMT 3 Yahoo! Answers: Answers and Comments for how do the acid fast properties relate to the gram stain? [Other - Science] 142 18 http://answers.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sch/gr/ga_ans_badge.gif From Ianae: Acid-fast bacteria cannot reliably be stained by the Gram ... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070113152950AAAiWZy http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070113152950AAAiWZy Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:02:35 GMT Acid-fast bacteria cannot reliably be stained by the Gram stain method and are generally referred to as Gram-negative because of it. However, this is inaccurate because they don't possess the usual Gram-negative cell wall either.