Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions
CHAPTER 4 Microscopy, Staining, and Classification
Multiple Choice
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Visualize It!
Short Answer
1. Because electrons travel in smaller wavelengths than the wavelengths of visible light,
electron microscopes can magnify with greater resolution.
Critical Thinking
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, 5e
4. Immersion oil has optical properties similar to those of the glass in slides and microscope
6. Both the Gram and the acid-fast staining procedures differentiate cells on the basis of dif-
ferent cell wall structures (thick versus thin peptidoglycan in Gram stains, waxy versus
7. The bacteria were discovered by directly detecting the genetic material of the bacteria.
Concept Mapping