LooseLeaf Benson's Microbiological Applications Laboratory Manual-Concise Version
LooseLeaf Benson's Microbiological Applications Laboratory Manual-Concise Version
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705236
Author: Alfred E Brown Ph.D., Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To explain: The preferred specimens for darkfield microscopy.

Introduction: A microscope is an instrument used to view small objects that cannot be seen with an unaided eye. There are different types of microscopes such as a simple microscope, compound microscope, scanning electron microscope, and transmission electron microscope.

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The types of specimens for which the darkfield microscopy is preferred over brightfield microscopy includes live unstained specimens and thin cells, for examples spirochetes. Resolving these unstained and thin cells is difficult by staining and bright field microscopy.

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