The Global Search for Education: Norway – Ticks

Posted By C. M. Rubin on Aug 18, 2013

 “Our method is based upon live blood microscopy. Bacteria become visible by optical changes involving refraction index, swelling and spreading of cells which result in inflated structures well above the optical resolution capacities for a light microscope.” — Morten Laane and Ivar Mysterud  Oslo University biologists Morten Laane and Ivar Mysterud have discovered a method to identify Borrelia bacteria in the...