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The Mesolens microscope combines low magnification with high numerical aperture, offering sub-micron resolution across large fields of view for microbiology. This breakthrough enables visualization of microbial interactions and dynamics across diverse length scales.

Keywords:
BiofilmsCross-scale imagingMicrobial CommunitiesMulti-modal imagingOptical Microscopy

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Area of Science:

  • Microbiology
  • Optical Microscopy
  • Bioimaging

Background:

  • Traditional optical microscopes present a trade-off between resolution and field of view.
  • This limitation hinders the study of microbial processes spanning multiple length scales.
  • Visualizing spatial heterogeneity and rare microbial events in intact specimens remains challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Mesolens, a novel microscope overcoming the resolution-field of view dichotomy.
  • To detail the optical principles and imaging modalities of the Mesolens.
  • To highlight the Mesolens' applications in microbiology.

Main Methods:

  • The Mesolens integrates low magnification with high numerical aperture.
  • It employs various imaging modalities, including widefield, confocal laser scanning, and light-sheet mesoscopy.
  • Emerging techniques like mesoscopic total internal reflection fluorescence and standing-wave mesoscopy are also discussed.

Main Results:

  • The Mesolens achieves sub-micron resolution across multi-millimetre fields of view and millimetre-scale depths.
  • It enables the study of microbial processes requiring spatial context, such as biofilm formation and nutrient transport.
  • Applications demonstrated include characterizing nutrient channels in *Escherichia coli* and *Candida albicans*-*Staphylococcus aureus* biofilms.

Conclusions:

  • The Mesolens is a versatile tool for resolving microbial interactions and dynamics across critical length scales.
  • It offers significant potential for advancements in clinical and environmental microbiology.
  • Future opportunities lie in new modalities, computational imaging, and scalable manufacturing.