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Metachromatic granules are inclusion bodies in bacterial
cells that alter the colour of particular stains.
Methylene blue stains metachromatic granules pink not blue.
In corynebacteria, the metachromatic granules are composed
of polyphosphates and act as energy storage sites.
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