Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology

12th Edition
1264775660 · 9781264775668
The Rigel lab is a majors level manual that accompanies our Willey – Prescott’s Microbiology textbook. This laboratory manual provides a balanced introduction to laboratory techniques and principles that are important in each area of microbiology… Read More
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  • Colour, print bound version of the complete text
  • PART ONE
  • Microscopic Techniques
  • 1. Bright-Field Light Microscopy and Microscopic Measurement of Organisms
  • 2. The Hanging Drop Slide and Bacterial Motility
  • 3. Dark-Field Light Microscopy
  • 4. Phase-Contrast Microscopy
  • PART TWO
  • Bacterial Cell Biology
  • 5. Aseptic Technique
  • 6. Negative Staining
  • 7. Simple Staining
  • 8. Gram Stain
  • 9. Acid-Fast Staining Procedure
  • 10. Endospore Staining
  • 11. Capsule Staining
  • 12. Flagella Staining
  • PART THREE
  • Basic Culture Techniques
  • 13. Preparation of Microbiology Media and Equipment
  • 14. The Spread-Plate Technique
  • 15. The Streak-Plate Technique
  • 16. The Pour-Plate Technique
  • 17. Cultivation of Anaerobic Bacteria 
  • 18. Determination of Bacterial Numbers
  • PART FOUR
  • Microbial Biochemistry
  • 19. Carbohydrates I: Fermentation and ?-Galactosidase Activity
  • 20. Carbohydrates II: Triple Sugar Iron Agar Test
  • 21. Carbohydrates III: Starch Hydrolysis
  • 22. Lipid Hydrolysis
  • 23. Proteins I: The IMViC Tests
  • 24. Proteins II: Gelatin and Casein Hydrolysis
  • 25. Proteins III: Catalase Activity
  • 26. Proteins IV: Oxidase Test
  • 27. Proteins V: Urease Activity
  • 28. Proteins VI: Lysine and Ornithine Decarboxylase Tests
  • 29. Proteins VII: Phenylalanine Deamination
  • 30. Proteins VIII: Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction
  • PART FIVE
  • Environmental Factors Affecting Growth of Microorganisms
  • 31. Temperature
  • 32. pH
  • 33. Osmotic Pressure
  • 34. The Effects of Chemical Agents on Bacteria I: Disinfectants and Other Antimicrobial Products
  • 35. The Effects of Chemical Agents on Bacteria II: Antibiotics
  • 36. Bacterial Growth Curve
  • PART SIX
  • Environmental and Food Microbiolog
  • 37. Monitoring Water for Coliforms
  • 38. Enumeration of Soil Microorganisms
  • 39. Winogradsky Columns
  • 40. Bioluminescence
  • 41. Plate Counts and Quality Assessment of Milk
  • PART SEVEN
  • Medical Microbiology
  • 42. Staphylococci
  • 43. Pneumococcus
  • 44. Streptococci
  • 45. Neisseriae
  • 46. Normal Human Flora
  • PART EIGHT
  • Eukaryotic Microbiology
  • 47. Fungi I: Yeasts (Ascomycota)
  • 48. Fungi II: Zygomycota (Rhizopus), Ascomycota (Penicillium), and Basidiomycota (Agaricus)