Magnification is the enlargement of a specimen or an object seen through a microscope. It is a function performed solely by two parts of a microscope i.e. the eye piece (ocular) lenses and the objective lenses. The final image of a specimen under a microscope is seen by the ocular lens after being received from […]
Resolution is the ability of a microscope’s lens to distinguish between (two) small objects that are close together as distinct and separate. It is the ability of a lens system to allow an observer (the microbiologist) to see fine details of different small objects even when they are close together. The resolution (resolving power) of
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Microscopy & Microscope
The history of microbiology will be incomplete without first mentioning the discovery and development of the microscope. Microscopes are indispensable tools for studying microorganisms because without the invention of microscopes man will find it difficult to see microbes (which are microscopic in nature and are too small to be seen with the naked or unaided
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