A gram stained field of red rods and purple cocci through a microscope may indicate a severe bacterial infection. The next step would be to do a culture of the bacteria to find the correct antibiotic needed to treat the infection.
The rods will be gram negative, the cocci are gram positive: most likely, the slide was made from a mixed culture of bacteria, or the culture was contaminated.
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A light microscope is capable of viewing cells.
The microscope stage is the platform on which a slide is placed for viewing.
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The glass slide is supported on a microscope stage, which is a flat surface that holds the slide in place for viewing through the microscope. The stage can be moved horizontally and vertically to position the specimen for examination under the lenses of the microscope.
A dark-field microscope. This type of microscope uses scattered light to enhance contrast and allow for the visualization of transparent or translucent samples that would be difficult to see using bright-field microscopy.
Actual magnification of light microscopes could reach up 1000x magnification depending on the type of light microscope. Light microscopes could be divided into brightfield microscope and phase-contrast microscope for viewing stained specimen and unstained specimen respectively. Magnification of electron microscope on the other hand could go up to 1000000x. The actual magnification as well depends on types of electron microscope which includes transmission-electron microscope and scanning-electron microscope where both of them are used in viewing internal cell structures and cell surface structures respectively.
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The part where you place samples on a microscope is called the stage. It is a flat platform that can be moved horizontally or vertically to position the sample for viewing through the microscope lens.
To ensure optimal viewing of cells through a microscope, you can adjust the focus by fine-tuning the microscope's focus knobs until the cells appear clear and sharp. Additionally, adjusting the light intensity can help improve the contrast and visibility of cellular structures.
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