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Science 25 June 1976:
Vol. 192. no. 4246, pp. 1348 - 1349
DOI: 10.1126/science.775640
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Science, Vol 192, Issue 4246, 1348-1349
Copyright © 1976 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Leeuwenkoek's observation of bacteria

LE Casida Jr

A form of dark-field illumination was produced that allows bacteria in aqueous suspension to be observed with both a Leeuwenhoek microsocope and a compound microscope without a condenser. Possibly, this illumination was Leeuwenhoek's "particular method of observing" bacteria.




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