Contents
I. Microscopes
II. Culturing Microorganisms
III. Preparing and Sterilizing Media
IV. Staining Bacteria
V. Determining Numbers of Microbes
VI. Environmental Influences
VII. Interrelations of Microbes
VIII. Enzymatic Reactions
IX. Isolating and Identifying Bacterial Cultures
X. Bacterial Variation, Mutation, and Recombination
XI. Viruses
XII. Water and Air Microbiology
XIII. Food Microbiology
XIV. Protist Diversity
XV. Fungi: Molds and Yeasts
XVI. Soil Microbiology
XVII. Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Appendix
Index