KROK 1 2012 – Question 188 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Vomiting matters of a patient suspected of having cholera were delivered to the bacteriological laboratory. The material was used for preparing a "hanging drop"specimen. What type of microscopy will be applied for identification of the causative agent by its mobility?
- A. Phase-contrast microscopy
- B. Electron microscopy
- C. Fluorescence microscopy
- D. Immersion microscopy
- E. Immune and electron microscopy
Hint
Motility has to be judged in living bacteria without staining, so ask which optical technique makes transparent live cells visible.
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