Measuring Microorganisms Results


Purpose:  To learn the calibration of an ocular micrometer and the sizes of some common microorganisms.

The length of one ocular division at each power for the Micromaster, microscopes is as follows:
 

10x:  5um/division

40x:  1.25um/division

100x:  0.5um/division

Back to Procedure Page
Lab Procedures