Microbiology Experiments to accompany Microbiology - Brossura

Kleyn Et Al, N/A

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0072995491 ISBN 13: 9780072995497

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

Riassunto

All experiments are correlated to Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective, 6/e, but can be used with any non-majors/allied health microbiology textbook.

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Contenuti

Part 1 Basic Microbiology

Exercise 1 Ubiquity of Microorganisms

Exercise 2 Pure Culture and Aseptic Technique

Exercise 3 Introduction to the Compound Light Microscope

Exercise 4 The Use of the Immersion Lens and Determining Motility in a Wet Mount

Exercise 5 Simple Stains: Positive and Negative Stains

Exercise 6 Differential and Special Stains

Exercise 7 Chemically Defined, Complex, Selective, and Differential Media

Exercise 8 Quantification of Microorganisms

Exercise 9 Aerobic and Anaerobic Growth

Exercise 10 The Effect of Incubation Temperature on Generation Time

Exercise 11 Moist and Dry Heat Sterilization: Thermal Death Point and Thermal Death Time

Exercise 12 Control of Microbial Growth with Ultraviolet Light

Exercise 13 Osmotic Pressure and Its Effect on the Rate and Amount of Microbial Growth

Exercise 14 Antiseptics and Antibiotics

Exercise 15 Selection of Bacterial Mutants Resistant to Antibiotics

Exercise 16 Transformation: A Form of Genetic Recombination

Exercise 17 Bacterial Conjugation

Exercise 18 Gene Regulation: Induction and Catabolite Repression

Part 2 The Other Microbial World

Exercise 19 Microscopic Identification of Fungi

Exercise 20 Paratitology: Protozoa and Helminths

Exercise 21 Titering Prokaryotic Viruses

Part 3 Microbes and Humans

Exercise 22 Normal Skin Flora

Exercise 23 Respiratory Microorganisms

Exercise 24 Identification of Enteric Gram-Negative Rods

Exercise 25 Clinical Unknown Identification

Part 4 Immunology

Exercise 26 Differential White Blood Cell Stains

Exercise 27 Lysosome, an Enzymatic Form of Natural Resistance

Exercise 28 Lancefield Grouping of Pathogenic Streptococci

Exercise 29 Use of an Enzyme-Linked Immunoabsorbent Assay (ELISA) Test of Coccidiodes immitis Identification

Exercise 30 An Ouchterlony Double Immunodiffusion Test for Coccidiodes immitis Identification

Part 5 Public Health

Exercise 31 What is the Role of Propionibacterium acnes in Acne?

Exercise 32 Bacteriological Examination of Water: Multiple-Tube Fermentation and Membrane Filter Techniques

Part 6 Applications of Biotechnology

Exercise 33 Identifying DNA with Restriction Enzymes

Exercise 34 Identification of Bacteria Using the Ribosomal Data Project

Part 7 Individual Projects

Individual Project 35 Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria, Cleaning Up After Oil Spills

Individual Project 36 Luminescent Bacteria: Bateria That Produce Light

Appendix 1 Living Microorganisms (Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, and Helminths) Chosen for Study in this Manual

Appendix 2 Dilution Practice Problems

Appendix 3 Use of the Metric System with Conversions to the English System of Measurement

Appendix 4 Alternative Procedures

Appendix 5 Use of the Ocular Micrometer for Measurement of Relative and Absolute Cell Size

Appendix 6 Use of the Hemocytometer for Determining Total Cell Number in a Liquid Suspension

Appendix 7 History and Working Principles of Light Microscopy

Appendix 8 Additional Reading

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Book by Kleyn Et Al

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0072995491
• ISBN 13: 9780072995497
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura a spirale
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 323
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile