The electron microscope had a great impact on the study of cells, enabling researchers to

An electron microscope has much greater resolving power than a light microscope, so researchers could see tiny cell structures that had not been visible before. This made it possible to study the detailed internal structure of cells. Cell theory and the discovery of mitochondria predated electron microscopes, and the bacterium that causes tuberculosis was identified by Robert Koch.

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