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Discovery of
Microorganisms
Antony van
Leeuwenhoek
(1632-1723)
first person to
observe and
describe
micro-
organisms Figure 1.1b
accurately
History of the
Microscope
1590 –first compound
microscope
History of the
Microscope
1655 – Robert Hooke used
a compound microscope to
observe pores in cork
He called them “cells”
The Light Microscope
many types
1. bright-field microscope
2. dark-field microscope
3. phase-contrast microscope
4. fluorescence microscopes
5. Electron microscope
are compound microscopes
image formed by action of 2 lenses
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