cover slip


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cover slip

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coverslip

(kŭv′ər-slĭp′)
n.
A small thin piece of glass used to cover a specimen on a microscope slide. Also called cover glass.
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Cover slip was placed and observed under phase contrast microscope.
Molecular Characterization and Endophytic Life Style Pattern of Cladosporium uredinicola Derived from Marine Brown Alga Dictyota dichotoma
To check the initial infection, cover slips were removed from some wells and air dried immediately (at 1 hour).
Viability of Rickettsia prowazekii after Rickettsia-mediated killing of gamma interferon-pretreated, macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells
Although the height of the peaks are similar on the untreated cover slip (25 nm) and the cover slip treated with 5N NaF (23 nm), there is variation in the number of peaks (7 x [10.sup.3] on untreated, and 4.2 x [10.sup.3] on 5N etched surface).
Relevance of surface asperities in scheming cellular attachment to minimize biomaterial associated infections
After rinsing and air- drying cover slips were mounted with Balsam of Canada and two hundred spermatozoa were evaluated in each smear with phase contrast microscope at 1000x.
THIOGLYCOL IN EXTENDER IMPROVES THE POST-THAW QUALITY OF BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) BULL SPERMATOZOA
Biofilms were grown on borosilicate cover slips in 50 ml Falcon tubes as described earlier.
Resveratrol--a potential inhibitor of biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae
The cover slips (22 mm x 22 mm) were warmed on the heating plate.
Pollen diversity in honey collected from Lithuania's protected landscape areas/ Leedu looduskaitsealadelt kogutud mee oietolmu jaotus
The glass cover slips were weighed before and after loading the catalysts already prepared in colloidal dispersions to find out the amount of catalyst deposited on pieces of cover slips.
Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium Using L-Cysteine Capped Nickel Nanocatalysts
Level of abundance was roughly estimated to distinguish organisms that were "abundant" (4 or more specimens/coverslip) or "common" (2-3 specimens/per coverslip) from those that were "uncommon" (5-15 specimens/I5 cover slips) or "rare" (fewer than 5 specimens/15 cover slips).
Protists and invertebrates in temporary pools on Enchanted Rock, Llano County, Texas: 1965 and 2010
The clinician transfers the serous fluid to a glass slide, either by direct application of the slide to the lesion, or by transferring the fluid with a bacteriologic loop or the edge of a cover slip. If necessary to prevent drying of the specimen, a drop of non-bacteriostatic normal saline may be placed on the slide; however, the saline might dilute the specimen and reduce test sensitivity.
Darkfield microscopy for point-of-care syphilis diagnosis
A micropipette was used to place about 250 mg of wet diet onto a glass cover slip (22 x 22 mm).
Yeast extract: sucrose ratio effects on egg load, survival, and mortality caused by GF-120 in western cherry fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)
In order study the morphological characteristics with reference to aerial mycelium, substrate mycelium and sporulation, the isolated colonies were cultivated on glycerol asparagines agar by simple "Inclined cover slip culture technique" (Gibbs & shapton, 1968) as detailed below.
Biodegradation of Carbofuran pesticide by saline soil actinomycetes
Further grinding reduced the specimen to the final thickness and a cover slip was then placed on the slide.
Aesthete canals in the chiton Euleptochiton spatulatus (Polyplacophora, Mollusca) from the Pennsylvanian of Ohio

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