Microbiology

Until I am inspired to compile text which is applicable to Microbiology as practiced in CLS, the hypertext link below will serve. The reference below is to the online Grapes of Staph by Gary Kaiser from The Community College of Baltimore County, Cantonsville. The web site contains hundreds of lecture notes, text pages, illustrations, animations and photomicrographs for Microbiology lectures and labs. Click here to go to those web pages.

Lecture Topics UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION, BACTERIA, FUNGI UNIT 2: PROTOZOA, VIRUSES, NONSPECIFIC BODY DEFENSES UNIT 3: THE IMMUNE RESPONSES UNIT 4: MICROBIAL GENETICS AND MICROBIAL METABOLISM Lab Topics PREFACE INTRODUCTION LAB 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE MICROSCOPE AND COMPARISON OF SIZES AND SHAPES OF MICROORGANISMS LAB 2: ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE AND TRANSFER OF MICROORGANISMS LAB 3: OBTAINING PURE CULTURES FROM A MIXED POPULATION LAB 4: ENUMERATION OF MICROORGANISMS LAB 5: DIRECT STAIN AND INDIRECT STAIN LAB 6: GRAM STAIN AND CAPSULE STAIN LAB 7: ENDOSPORE STAIN AND BACTERIAL MOTILITY LAB 8: USING BIOCHEMICAL TESTING TO IDENTIFY BACTERIA LAB 9: FUNGI, PART 1 - THE YEASTS LAB 10: FUNGI, PART 2 - THE MOLDS LAB 11: VIRUSES - THE BACTERIOPHAGES LAB 12: ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE AND PSEUDOMONAS, PART 1 LAB 13: ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE AND PSEUDOMONAS, PART 2 LAB 14: ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF STREPTOCOCCI LAB 15: ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCI LAB 16: ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF NEISSERIAE, MYCOBACTERIA, AND OBLIGATE ANAEROBES LAB 17: SEROLOGY, PART 1 - DIRECT SEROLOGIC TESTING LAB 18: LAB 18: SEROLOGY, PART 2 - INDIRECT SEROLOGIC TESTING LAB 19: USE OF PHYSICAL AGENTS TO CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS LAB 20: USE OF DISINFECTANTS AND ANTISEPTICS TO CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS LAB 21: USE OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS LAB 22: PARASITOLOGY