Microbiology: Laboratory Theory and Application, 5e

Lourdes Norman-McKay, Michael Leboffe, Burton Pierce

For courses with majors or mixed majors with an emphasis on clinical and applied microbiology. Beautiful full-color photography, effective illustrations, more than 100 carefully written exercises, and a reasonable price combine to make Microbiology: Laboratory Theory & Application the best-selling microbiology lab manual series on the market. This edition satisfies the content needs of courses populated by majors or in non-majors courses where an increased coverage of applied microbiology is desired.

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Table of Contents for Microbiology: Laboratory Theory and Application, 5e

  • Front Matter
  • Introduction: Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory
  • Section 1 Fundamental Skills for the Microbiology Laboratory
  • Section 2 Introduction to Growing Bacteria
  • Section 3 Staining Bacteria
  • Section 4 Survey of Selective and Differential Media
  • Section 5 Biochemical Tests for Identifying Bacterial Isolates
  • Section 6 Differentiating Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Species
  • Section 7 Additional Bacteria Identification Methods
  • Section 8 Environmental Conditions Affecting Bacterial Growth
  • Section 9 Controlling Bacterial Growth
  • Section 10 Microbial Enumeration Methods
  • Section 11 Molecular Biology Techniques
  • Section 12 Medical Microbiology

Key features

  • More than 100 exercises covering a full selection of clinical and applied microbiology topics that feature beautiful photography, easy-to-understand illustrations, and carefully written activities to help teach microbiological techniques and show students the impact of microbes on our daily lives
  • Pre-labs include auto-gradable questions to assure your students are arriving prepared
  • The post-lab includes auto-gradable assessments and critical thinking questions to allow student to demonstrate their mastery of the assigned learning objectives