Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 3SA
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The reason why only dead organisms are magnified by electron microscopes.

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A beam of electrons is used in electron microscopy. Magnetic lenses are used to refract the electron beam that passes through the specimen. A very thin slice of the specimen is observed under electron microscopes. TEMs (transmission electron microscopes) use a cross section of the cells.

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