To convert: The given data into nanometers given in Fig.2.20 “The Limit of Microscopic Resolution” in the textbook.
Introduction: Microscope is an instrument used to see the objects that cannot be seen by naked eye. An electron microscope uses electron beam for illumination of specimen and it reveals the smaller structures than light microscope.
To explain: The reason that bacteriophage’s capsid was visualized using cryotomography.
Introduction: Bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacteria and reproduces inside it. Bacteriophage Sf6 has ds DNA and a member of the Podoviridae family. The DNA remains inside the capsid made up of proteins.
To determine: The specific question that investigator looking into bacteriophage’s capsid.
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