Updated info on staining and scopes

--=====Staining --===========================
////////Staining is an important part in identification

Basic Primer on Stains and Staining
http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/research_methods/microscopy/cellstain.html


PDF on staining for protozoa - excellent document
http://hardydiagnostics.com/articles/Trichrome_Tips.pdf


--=======Microscopes-==================
I am not a microscope expert but you will need a compound microscope to perform these studies with a minimum magnification of
at least 40x up to 100x. There are a number of Chinese microscopes that are reasonably priced. AmScope and others provides these at different sites such as Amazon,
A monocular is sufficient (monocular would be a single eyepiece versus binocular which has two eyepieces) All scopes should come with the illumination, you
should just need slides and cover slips. You can purchase low priced cameras that mount into the eyepiece and will export the image to your computer via a USB, or iPhones
can record this. ebrooker has information about this. A Google search provides these results for basics of microscopy.
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=basics+of+microscopy&sourceid=op...