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THOSE who have used phase-contrast microscopy will have been impressed by the apparent high resolving power of the method. It is frequently possible to observe very fine fibrils and particles with a clarity hitherto only obtained by dark-ground illumination. Thus, I have observed living Leptospira, said to be only 0·15 µ in Width, as well as very small granules inside bacteria.
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BARER, R. Phase-Contrast Microscopy of Viruses. Nature 162, 251 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162251a0
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