Can Light Microscopy be Used to Visualize Viruses?
Image Credit: Likoper/Shutterstock.com L’occhio Della Mosca ( The Fly’s Eye) by Giambattista Odierna in 1644 CE. In that sensational book, the Italian naturalist provided the first detailed account of organic tissue – enabled by studying organic matter under the lens of newly invented microscopes. Now, the latest optical microscope technology is capable of imaging viruses that live in organisms. Conventional Light Microscopes: Widefield and Confocal Conventional light microscopes – widefield and confocal optical microscopes – can accurately depict image samples at resolutions of ar...