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Contents

  1. Reviewer's Notes

    Gail E. Rowe, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, La Roche College

  2. Introduction

    1. Biosafety Practices and Procedures for the Microbiology Laboratory

    2. The Microscopic World

    3. Bacteriological Culture Methods

    4. The Human Skin Microbiome Project

    5. Differential Staining Techniques

    6. Metabolism, Physiology, and Growth Characteristics of Cocci

    7. Metabolism, Physiology, and Growth Characteristics of Bacilli

    8. Microbiological Food Safety

    9. The War on Germs

    10. Epidemiology and Public Health

    11. Blood: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    12. Microbe Mythbuster

  4. Appendix A

  5. Appendix B

  6. Appendix C

  7. Image Credits