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A new system for three-dimensional tracking of motile microorganisms
1Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, 3000 Helsingor, Denmark. roland.thar@gmx.net
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|May 2, 2000
Abstract:
A new three-dimensional (3D)-tracking system with optimized dark-field illumination is presented. It allows simultaneous 3D tracking of several free-swimming microorganisms with diameters of >10 microm. Resolution limits and illumination efficiencies for different size classes of microorganisms are treated analytically. First applications for 3D tracking of protists are demonstrated.