ARC-microscopy (azimuth relief contrast; a new method of optical microscopy in transmitted light developed in cooperation with Lambda Ltd. Prague) was used to study fungi and algae at both low and higher (480-2880x) magnification. The novel ARC condenser features a higher resolving power, higher contrast and stronger three-dimensional effect than the standard condenser particularly when studying elongated structures that are present in a random orientation in the specimen. The results of these microscopic observations can be used for both morphological (taxonomical) and ecological studies of microorganisms.

Institute of Microbiology Academy of Science of the Czech Republic 142 20 Prague Czechia

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Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2001;46(6):495-503 PubMed

Newly designed, simple relief phase contrast for microscopy of microorganisms

A new type of relief condenser for the study of microorganisms

A new type of microscope illumination and its use in microbiology

Visualization of DNA-containing structures in various species of Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta and Cyanophyta using SYBR Green I dye