Exploring the Unseen World of Microbes

This text is designed for students taking their first course in microbiology. The intent of this manual is to acquaint the student with laboratory techniques, through hands on experience, used in research, clinical, and industrial laboratories. Exercises are included that teach techniques of isolating pure cultures and identification procedures that follow. Emphasis on applications of various techniques are included to show the student how these procedures may be applied in their field of study. The appendices include directions for media and reagents preparation and a pronunciation guide to scientific names of organisms used in this laboratory manual as well as some that are studied in the lecture portion of the course.Hunt, Madelyn is the author of 'Exploring the Unseen World of Microbes', published 1999 under ISBN 9780072386837 and ISBN 0072386835.