All Things Microbes!: Recent Episodes
Microbehunter
The quality of a microscope can be determined by different things. Here we have a closer look at these.
Tardigrades or moss piglets or water bears are micro-animals. Sometimes they can be a bit difficult to find and in this episode I want to give you some advice.
How safe is it to grow microorganisms? In this podcast episode, I will discuss this topic.
Here I present a case of a Salmonellosis outbreak. It was due to appealing kitchen hygiene. Link to the article here.
The uncertainty is high: The definition of a microbial species, and the difficulty of culturing them contributes to making the estimate on the total number of microbial species difficult. References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160642/ https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro2644
Try to avoid these mistakes when using a microscope! Here I talk about some common mistakes that I have seen beginning microscopists make. Watch the youtube video here.
If you do not know which parasite to look for, then it can be difficult to identify them. Some parasites can be diagnosed entirely by looking at the symptoms, and a microscopic analysis is not necessary.
In this episode, I will explain the naming of organisms. A basic understanding of this can prove to be quite useful also for the identification of microorganisms under the microscope.
You can see bacteria already at a total magnification of 400x. But magnification is not everything. You also need to have sufficient contrast.
There are several reasons, why you might not abel able to see some specimen features using a light microscope.
In this episode, I give some advice on what you can do to obtain a crisp image using your microscope. Keywords: microscope, focus, image, picture, resolution, magnification