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Nanyang Technological University

A Method for Obtaining Serial Ultrathin Sections of Microorganisms in Transmission Electron Microscopy

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09:46 min

January 17th, 2018

January 17th, 2018


This study presents reliable and easy procedures for obtaining serial ultrathin sections of a microorganism without expensive equipment in transmission electron microscopy.

Chapters in this video

0:05

Title

0:45

Preparation of Support Film

1:53

Trimming the Specimen Block

3:31

Preparing the Specimen

4:59

Making Serial Sections

6:18

Picking up Serial Sections

7:23

Staining and Observation of Serial Sections

8:14

Results: Serial Ultrathin Sections of Microorganisms

9:18

Conclusion

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