Courtesy : Master of Science in Microbiology (M.Sc.Microbiology) The birth of bacteriology The field of bacteriology (later a subdiscipline of microbiology) was founded in the 19th century by Ferdinand Cohn, a botanist whose…

Courtesy :Master of Science in Microbiology (M.Sc.Microbiology) Medicine In medicine, diagnoses can be made with the assistance of microscopic observation of patient biopsies, such as cancer cells. Pathology and cytology reports include a microscopic description, which…

Courtesy : Master of Science in Microbiology (M.Sc.Microbiology) Electron microscopes While electron microscopes are still a form of compound microscope, their use of electron beams to illuminate objects varies in mechanism significantly…

Courtesy :Master of Science in Microbiology (M.Sc.Microbiology) The microscopic scale (from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrons) 'small', and σκοπέω (skopéō) 'to look (at); examine, inspect') is the scale of objects and events smaller than those that can easily be seen…

Courtesy : Master of Science in Microbiology (M.Sc.Microbiology) Bright field Bright field microscopy is the simplest of all the light microscopy techniques. Sample illumination is via transmitted white light, i.e.…

Courtesy : Master of Science in Microbiology (M.Sc.Microbiology) Microscopy Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are…

Courtesy : Master of Science in Microbiology (M.Sc.Microbiology) Diagnostic tests Identification of an infectious agent for a minor illness can be as simple as clinical presentation; such as gastrointestinal disease and skin…