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• A simple microscope has only one lens.
Chapter 3 - Microscopy
• Multiple lenses
• Image from objective lenses is magnified again by the ocular lens.
• Total magnification =objective lenses ocular lens
• Resolution is the ability to distinguish between two points.
Compound Light Microscope
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Compound Light Microscope
• is the bending of light.
• Light may bend in air so much that it misses the small high-magnification lens.
• is used to keep light from bending.
• Dark objects are visible against a bright background.
• Light is concentrated by condenser and passes through specimen.
Brightfield Illumination
• Light objects are visible against a dark background.
• Condenser causes light to reflect off the specimen, which then enters the objective lens.
Darkfield Illumination
• Accentuates differences in the refraction of different regions of the specimen.
Phase-Contrast Microscopy
• Uses Ultra Violet light.
• Fluorescent substances absorb and emit
• Cells may be stained with fluorescent dyes (fluorochromes).
• Immunofluorescence
Fluorescence Microscopy
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Link to digital microscopy workstation
• Uses electrons instead of light.
• Resolution is much greater than light microscopes
• Two types: Transmission and Scanning
Electron Microscopy
• Magnifies tens of thousands of times
• Used to visualize internal structures
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
• Magnifies tens of thousands of times
• Used to scan the surface of a specimen
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Preparation of Specimens for the Compound Light Microscope
• A thin film of a solution of microbes on a slide is a
• A smear may be to attach the microbes to the slide and to kill the microbes.
• In a basic dye, the dye is a cation, and is
• In an acidic dye, the dye is an anion, and is
• Staining the background instead of the cell is called negative staining.
Staining Smears
• Simple Staining: Use of a single basic dye to see morphology and arrangement.
• Differential Staining: Two or more dyes are used to distinguish between cell types or cell parts
• A mordant may be used to hold the stain, or coat the specimen to enlarge it.
Gram Staining
Color of Color of
Primary stain: Crystal violet Purple Purple
Mordant: Iodine Purple Purple
Decolorizing agent: Alcohol Purple Colorless
Counterstain: Safranin Purple Pink
The Gram stain classifies bacteria into gram-positive or gram-negative.
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Gram Staining
Gram Stain
• Cells that retain the primary stain in the presence of acid-alcohol are called acid-fast.
• Non–acid-fast cells lose the primary stain when rinsed with acid-alcohol, and are usually counterstained to see them.
Acid-Fast Stain
• Negative staining is useful for capsules,
• Endospore staining distinguishes endo(spores) from vegetative cells
Special Stains