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Welcome to the updated design for the Instructional Microbiology Website. Here you will find the Virtual Microbiology Textbook for Microbiology 102 and other resources.

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Chapter 1 Microorganisms in the Environment
Chapter 2 Basic Pure Culture Techniques
Chapter 3 Microscopy and staining
Chapter 4 Quantitative Microbiology
Chapter 5 Selected aspects of bacterial growth and nutrition
Chapter 6 Bacterial Motility
- 6-1 The different kinds of motility in microbes
- 6-2 Investigating bacterial motility by flagella
Chapter 7 Characterization and Identification of Bacteria
Chapter 8 An Introduction to Bacterial Genetics
Chapter 9 Bacteriophages, the Viruses of Bacteria
Chapter 10 Inhibition and Killing of Microorganisms
Chapter 11 Isolation of Bacteria From Natural Sources
Chapter 12 Lactic Acid Bacteria and an Introduction to Food Microbiology
- 12-1 An introduction to lactic acid bacteria
- 12-2 Lactic acid bacteria experiment
Chapter 13 Selected genera of medical importance
- 13-1 Microorganisms are friend and foe
- 13-2 Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Neisseria
Chapter 14 The enteric bacteria (the family Enterobacteriaceae)
Chapter 15 The Bacteriological Examination of Water
- 15-1 Introduction to microbial water analysis
- 15-2 Water analysis procedure
Chapter 16 Pathogenicity and virulence
- 16-1 Koch's Postulates
- 16-2 Soft rot of potatoes
Chapter 17 A final unknown identification
- 17-1 Instructions
- 17-2 Credit
Chapter 18 Appendices
- 18-1 Appendix A - Media formulations and explanations

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