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- Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:22 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: 3 microscopic views of pus
- Replies: 7
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Thanks Guys-- Yes, the purplish dots are the staph, about 1 um in diameter. The clusters are characteristic. Ken, the Methylene Blue / Phloxine B technique is very simple, cover your section or smear or whatever with 0.25% Phloxine B in 0.25% acetic acid (1/20 dilution of white vinegar will work jus...
- Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:40 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: 3 microscopic views of pus
- Replies: 7
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3 microscopic views of pus
So that nobody gets disgusted, these are all smears....no picture of the actual "source" of the specimen or anything...there are 3 different stains here...the first is the traditional Gram stain (crystal violet, iodine, safranin 0). You can see the neutrophil's nuclei stained red w/ Safranin O, and ...
- Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:03 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: contracted lacrymaria
- Replies: 4
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Hi Ken--- LOL, its definitely cold here in the NW...(are you suggesting the Lacrymaria has a case of "surf proboscis"?)...but in this case it's not cold but all the nasty things I was doing to the beastie that made it contract and stay that way...shortly after this picture the Lacrymaria disintegrat...
- Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:26 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: contracted lacrymaria
- Replies: 4
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contracted lacrymaria
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/146_lac1200c_1.jpg I was trying to fix the critter in an extended state, but it ended up contracted despite being rapidly bathed in fixative. I think my efforts to get flash / DSLR working will be a better use of my time than trying to creatively kill p...
- Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:25 am
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: H. calyculata, capillitium & spore mass
- Replies: 12
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- Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:50 am
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: help!, what is this bug!
- Replies: 7
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