Chapter 3: Observing Microorganisms Through a Microscope

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Resolution

________ is the ability of the lenses to distinguish fine detail and structure.

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Acid fast stain

________ binds strongly only to bacteria that have a waxy material in their cell walls.

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condenser

A(n) ________ is the lens that directs the light rays through the specimen.

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endoscope

A(n) ________ is a special resistant, dormant structure formed within a cell that protects a bacterium from adverse environmental conditions.

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foreign substance

Antibodies are natural defense molecules that are produced by humans and many animals in reaction to a(n) ________, or antigen.

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gelatinous covering

Many microorganisms contain a(n) ________ called a capsule.

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Special stains

________ are used to color parts of microorganisms.

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colorless bacteria

Preparing ________ against a colored background is called negative staining.

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biological specimen

A mordant would increase the affinity of a stain for a(n) ________.

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alcohol solution

A simple stain is an aqueous or ________ of a single basic dye.

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prefix micro

The ________ indicates the unit following it should be divided by 1 million.

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light rays

When ________ pass through the two materials, the rays change direction from a straight path by bending or changing angle at the boundary between the materials.

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darkfield microscope

A(n) ________ is used to examine live microorganisms that either are invisible in the ordinary light microscope, can not be stained by standard methods, or are so distorted by staining that their characteristics are obscured.

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objective lenses

The ________ are the lenses closest to the specimen.

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refractive index

The ________ is a measure of the light- bending ability of a medium.

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beam of electrons

The ________ passes through the specimen and then through an electromagnetic objective lens, high magnifying the image.

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Phase contrast microscopy

________ is useful because the internal structures of a cell become more sharply defined, permitting detailed examination of living microorganisms.

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Confocal microscopy

________ is a technique in light microscopy used to reconstruct three- dimensional images.

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electromagnetic projector

The electrons are focused by a(n) ________ lens onto a viewing screen and saved as a digital image.

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ocular lens

The ________ is the eyepiece.

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Differential interference contrast microscopy

________ uses differences in refractive indexes.

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color of basic dyes

The ________ is in cation.

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Differential stains

________ react differently with different kinds of bacteria and can be used to distinguish them.

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electron microscope

The scanning ________ overcomes the sectioning problems associated with a transmission ________.

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Differential interference contrast microscopy

________ has prisms that split each light beam, adding contrasting colors to the specimen.

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Differential interference contrast microscopy

________ uses two beams of light.

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