Instrument: Microscope-Optical

Dataset: 
growth phase exopolymers
Instrument: 
Microscope - Optical
Instrument Short Name:
Community Standard Description
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB05/)
Instrument Description:

Instruments that generate enlarged images of samples using the phenomena of reflection and absorption of visible light. Includes conventional and inverted instruments. Also called a "light microscope".

PI supplied instrument name: Light Microscope
Dataset-specific description

Counts of 400 cells from each culture were made using a hemacytometer (Fuchs-Rosenthal ruling, Hauser Scientific) (Guillard and Sieracki 2005) from samples preserved in Lugol’s iodine (Parsons et al. 1984) using a light microscope (Axioplan 2, Carl Zeiss MicroImaging). A light microscope was also used to determine cell volume and to enumerate TEP and CSP by image analysis.