Microscopes Compound Bright-Field Light Microscope Maximum Useful Magnification = 1200X Why?
Resolution Useful magnification is limited by Resolution Resolution is influenced by Numerical Aperture (NA) NA determined by Wavelength of Light and Refractive Index Improve Magnification Shorten Wavelength Increase Refractive Index
Staining Simple Stains Light Microscope - Colored Dye Electron Microscope - Electron Dense Differential Stains Gram Stain
Gram Stain Most Important Stain Key Bacteriological Test Conventional Stain Multiple Steps & Subjective Fluorescent Stain One Step & +/-
Optical Tricks Oil Immersion Lens Dark Field Microscope
Phase Contrast Microscopes Other Microscopes Phase Contrast Microscopes
Fluorescent Microscopes
More Microscopes Interference Contrast Microscope Atomic Force Microscope
Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope
Electron Microscopes Shorten wavelength Scanning Electron Microscope- SEM 3 Dimensional images
Transmission Electron Microscope TEM Better Resolution
Microscopes Word List Compound Staining Confocal Light Simple Scanning Differential Laser Bright-Field Gram Stain Electron Magnification Phase Resolution Contrast Transmission Numerical Dark-field Aperture Fluorescent Oil Interference Immersion