PATHOLOGY MCQ
INFECTION
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Question
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Which microorganism is only visible using an electron microscope?
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bacteria
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rickettsiae
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fungi
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viruses
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses are very small and most of them can be seen only by TEM (transmission electron microscopy).
Detailed explanation-2: -The tobacco mosaic virus shown in Figure below was the first one to be seen. Tobacco Mosaic Virus. This tobacco mosaic virus was the first virus to be discovered. It was first seen with an electron microscope in 1935.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mimivirus and other giant viruses are visible by light microscopy and bona fide microbes that differ from other viruses and from cells that have a ribosome.
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