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Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology, 2nd Edition
Robert A. Pollack, Lorraine Findlay, Walter Mondschein, R. Ronald Modesto
Wiley
November 2004
Paperback 280 ISBN 9780471420828
£45.00
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Written specifically for allied health students, this book focuses on what students need to succeed in the lab: clear,
concise exercises and activities, rather than content that is simply adapted from a standard microbiology textbook.
Throughout the manual, a variety of interactive activities and experiments convey the basic concepts
of microbiology in a student-friendly way. Students also have the opportunity to explore methods
that allow the safe movement or transfer of microbial cells from one type of growth environment to another,
classification and identification of microbes, microbial biochemistry, as well as laboratory exercises from medical,
food, and environmental microbiology.
Contents
Preface.
Introduction: Laboratory Operations and Safety:
Hand Washing.
PART I. GENERAL MICROSCOPY AND ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE.
1. Laboratory Safety: Introduction to the Microscope.
2. Transfer and Isolation Techniques.
Microbes in the Environment.
PART II. MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY, DIFFERENTIAL STAINS.
3. Cultural and Cellular Morphology.
4. Bacterial Growth.
5. Gram Stain.
Acid-Fast Stain.
6. Endospore Stain.
Capsule Stain.
Hanging Drop Technique.
7. Fungi.
8. Viruses - Visualization and Enumeration.
9. Parasitology.
PART III. MICROBIAL CONTROL AND BIOCHEMISTRY.
10. Microbial Sensitivity Testing:
Ultraviolet Light Sensitivity.
Heat Sensitivity.
Chemical Sensitivity.
Antibiotic Sensitivity:
Kirby-Bauer Technique.
11. Bacterial Biochemistry.
12. Gas Requirements of Microorganisms.
13. Specialized Media.
PART IV. MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY.
14. Genetics.
15. Epidemiology.
16. Speciman-Handling Protocols.
17. Specific Laboratory Tests.
18. Serology.
19. Identification of Enteric Pathogens: Traditional Methods.
20. Identification of Enteric Pathogens: Rapid Identification Methods.
21. Identification of a Bacterial Unknown: The Gram-Negative Unknown.
22. Identification of a Bacterial Unknown: The Gram-Positive Cocci.
PART V. FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY.
23. Identification and Quantification of Microbial Numbers in a Water Sample.
24. Identification of Microbes in Beef and Poultry and the Quantification of Microbial Numbers.
25. Soil Microbiology.
Photographic Atlas.
26. Microbial Ecology.
27. Biofilms.
Bibliography.
Appendix 1.
Appendix 2.
Appendix 3.
Credits.
Index.
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