Microscopy

• Types of microscopes


  • Light microscopes
  • Electron microscopes
• Light microscopes


  Use light and lenses to form an image, allow us to see whole cells and large structures
• Electron microscopes


  Use electrons to form an image, higher magnification and resolution and allow us to see smaller internal structures like mitochondria and plasmids
• Magnification


  The ratio of the image size to the real size of the object