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Wet mounts allow one to view living material versus dead material.
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Which works best with phase contrast microscopy wet mount or hang drop?
wet mount slide
Why would a wet mount be used?
The benefit of a wet mount is that you can view the specimen in its natural environment without killing it. If you do a wet mount you can get proper air around the microbes to view them for a while before they possibly die. If you do a hanging wet mount you have the capability to see them moving in an aerated manner.
What is the function of tween80 in India ink for fungal wet mount?
Tween 80 is a Detergenant used in preperation of media
What is a coverslip used for?
a cover slip is a laboratory equipment piece that is used for putting and organism on
What are the steps of the wet mount?
the five steps to making a wet mount slide is 1.use a flat glass slide to prepare a wt mount slide 2.suck up a few drops of water from your liquid specimen into a medicaine dropper 3.pick up the wet mount slide on the 2 outer sides of the slides 4.place the specimen your using into the water 5.place the top cover slips on the top of the water with the specimen in it (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (:
What Slide mount is used for viewing an Elodea leaf?
a wet mount
Why should a wet-mount be used when making measurements?
because in a dried smear the size of the microorganisms reduce by almost 10 to 20% from the dimensions of the living microorganism.
What is a wet mounts?
mount thats wet. :trollface:
Which works best with phase contrast microscopy wet mount or hang drop?
wet mount slide
Why would a wet mount be used?
The benefit of a wet mount is that you can view the specimen in its natural environment without killing it. If you do a wet mount you can get proper air around the microbes to view them for a while before they possibly die. If you do a hanging wet mount you have the capability to see them moving in an aerated manner.
Why a smear preparation is preferred compare to a wet mount?
bcoz a heat-fix smear have a good contrast than the wet mount
What is the function of tween80 in India ink for fungal wet mount?
Tween 80 is a Detergenant used in preperation of media
What is the difference between wet mount and dry mount?
- a wet mount is freshly prepared while a dry mount is pre-prepared and sealed. - the specimen is alive in a wet mount while in a dry mount the specimen is dead - air bubbles can be trapped in a wet mount but not in a dry mount - wet mounts are priceless while dry mounts costs
What info can you observe on a wet mount that cannot be seen on a stained preparation?
The movement of a bacteria can be seen on a wet mount. This movement can not be seen in a stained preparation.
What is an advantage of a simple stain over a wet mount?
You can see clearer images in the simple stain technique rather than the wet mount technique...
What does the stain on a wet mount slide do?
Wet mounts don't typically use stains.
In wet mount preparations is it possible to see eukaryotic flagella procaryotic flagella why?
In wet mount preparations, is it possible to see eukaryotic flagella? prokaryotic flagella
