Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology (12th Edition) (What's New in Microbiology)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134605203
Author: Ted R. Johnson, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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The type of microbe that is most likely to be observed when observing a sample from a lung biopsy at 1000x.
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Lung biopsy is a medical procedure of removing a sample of cells or tissues from an affected region of the lung and observing it under a microscope for any microbe or lung cancer. The sample is initially examined under a light microscope that can magnify the sample up to 1500x while using light as the source of illumination.
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