If you are trying to visualize two bacteria that are 15 mu m

If you are trying to visualize two bacteria that are 1.5 mu m apart, which of the following resolutions will not allow you to do so? 1.6 mu m, 2.0 mu m, 1.35 mu m, 1.4 mm, 2.5 mm, 3.1 mu m, 0.1 mu m. Circle the correct answers.

Solution

The resolution of an optical microscope is defined as the shortest distance between two points on a specimen that can still be distinguished by the observer or camera system as separate entities. Therefore 0.1 um resolution microscopy will not allow to defferentiate the bacteria placed 1.5um apart.