微生物学英文教学课件：chapter2 The Methods for Studying Microorganisms.ppt

The scanning electron microscope provides some of the most dramatic and realistic images in existence. This instrument is designed to create an extremely detailed three-dimensional view of anything from a fly’s eye to AIDS viruses escaping their host cells. To produce this image, the SEM does not transmit electrons; it bombards the surface of a whole, metal-coated specimen with electrons while scanning back and forth over it. A shower of electrons deflected from the surface is picked up with great fidelity by a sophisticated detector, and the electron pattern is displayed as a