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Question 1

Made up of a series of lenses and utilizing visible light as its source of illumination, the
________ microscope can magnify an object 1,000 to 1,500 times

Answer 1

Brightfield Microscope

Question 2

This type of microscopy
was first introduced by Frits Zernike

Answer 2

Phase-contrast Microscope

Question 3

It was developed by Georges Nomarski in 1952 as an improvement to the phase contrast
microscope.

Answer 3

Differential Interference Contrast Microscope

Question 4

was developed in the 1980s by the Swiss scientists Dr. Gerd
Binnig and Dr. Heinrich Rohrer. It is used to study the molecular and atomic shapes of organisms
on a nanoscale

Answer 4

Scanning Probe Microscope

Question 5

is an aqueous or alcohol solution of a single basic dye

Answer 5

simple stain

Question 6

also known as the “hot method” because it requires steam
bathing the prepared smear after addition of the primary dye

Answer 6

Ziehl-Neelsen stain

Question 7

also known as the “cold method”

Answer 7

. Kinyoun stain

Question 8

is a means of
determining the organism’s virulence

Answer 8

Negative Staining for Capsules

Question 9

The most commonly used endospore stain is the

Answer 9

Schaeffer-Fulton endospore stain.

Question 10

A tedious and delicate staining
procedure uses a mordant and the stain carbolfuchsin to build up the diameters of the flagella
until they become visible under the light microscope

Answer 10

Flagella Staining