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Get started in the fascinating study of the microscopic worldMake your own microscope slidesLearn how to view themComplete kit with clearly written instructionsHatch your own brine shrimp for microscopic study
Thanks for the reply! I'll be looking mostly for bacteria/fungal hyphae/protozoa. Might try to throw the occasional bit of molding mulch, plant matter, trichome, dead bug, etc under there too and see if I can't take a cool pic.
What's the cheapest way I could conduct some decent science here? Epifluorescence microscopes are way out of my price range. I'm looking for the best sub-$150 USB microscope I can find (I should have specified a price range, sorry). You don't think I'll be able to count bacteria in a snapshot on my computer from a brightfield microscope (especially if I use a stain and get the layer of water thin enough that they don't drift in and out of focus too badly)?
Here's a video at 600x magnification with bacteria pretty visible in what seems like a brightfield microscope. This is sort of what I'm going for--any advice on sub-$150 USB microscopes for something like that? Even if the method isn't perfect, as long as it's consistent, I can get some science done (I only care about comparing bacterial populations, not about accurately counting the absolute number, just seeing if certain techniques increase/decrease them comparatively to others). What do you think?
As for filtering, that's a great idea, I can see how that would be important for getting consistent results. I'll probably mix a gram of soil with a known volume of distilled water for each sample, pass it through a coffee filter to simply get rid of sand/silt/clay, stain it, take a few pics at different locations, and get an average value. As for stains, is there anything you could recommend within my budget? Or could I just get a cheapo kit to start off with? Something like this