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It helps the cells adhere to the slide so that they can be stained. The purpose of heat fixing is to kill the organisms without serious distortion. They adhere better to the slide and also take up dye more easily.
Let's suppose we have two bacterial smears containing mixture of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The organisms are heat fixed by passing an air-dried smear of the organisms through the flame of a gas burner. On one of the slides we will apply crystal violet(blue) and on the other one carbol fuchsin or safranin(red). After 1 minute the excess stain is washed off. Allow the smears to air dry.