Wastewater Treatment Organism Identification
Jun 4th 2020
Wastewater Treatment Organism Identification
A wastewater treatment microscope can be used to identify a number of different organisms during the water treatment process. Below is a guide to identifying these organisms and a few notes on what the organism identification might indicate.
Wastewater activated sludge is made up of approximately:
4% Protozoa
1% Metazoa
95% Bacteria
Common Protozoa i
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Beta-Alanine and L-Glutamine Under the Microscope
Apr 6th 2020
Beta-Alanine and L-Glutamine Under the Microscope
Harald K Andersen lives in Norway and captured this image of the amino acids Beta-Alanine and L-Glutamine under the polarizing microscope. He used a 10x objective and 20 images stacked using Zerene Stacker PMax.
What is Beta-Alanine?
Beta-alanine is a non-essential amino acid that is produced naturally in the human body. Beta-alanine aids in the p
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COVID-19 Under the Microscope
Mar 30th 2020
Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Under the Microscope
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Rocky Mountain Laboratories (NIAID-RML), located in Hamilton, Montana was able to capture images of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, previously known as 2019-nCoV) on its scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscopes. SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19 disease which has result
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C. Elegans Worms Microscopes
Mar 16th 2020
Microscope World helped Cal State University Northridge outfit their biology lab with new microscopes. In particular the University lab wanted the ability to view C. Elegans worms.
What are C. Elegans?
Caenorhabditis elegans (C. Elegans) are small, free-living, nematode worms, which have become established as a standard model organism for a great variety of genetic investigations. These worms are
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