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Practical handbook of microbiology / edited by Emanuel Goldman, Lorrence H. Green. -- 3rd ed. -- Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, c2015. – (58.6073/P895/3rd ed.) |
Contents
Preface to the Third Edition xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Editors xix
Contributors
xxi
SECTION I
Practical Information and Procedures for Microbiology
Chapter 1
Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis 3
Chapter 2
Quantitation of Microorganisms 19
Chapter 3
Culturing and Preserving Microorganisms
39
Chapter 4
Stains for Light Microscopy 45
Chapter 5
Identification of Gram-Positive Organisms 61
Chapter 6
Identification of Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria 77
Chapter 7
Plaque Assay for Bacteriophage 93
Chapter 8
Phage Identification of Bacteria
99
Chapter 9
Phage Display and Selection of Protein Ligands 115
Chapter 10 Diagnostic Medical Microbiology 135
Chapter 11 Mechanisms of Action of Antibacterial
Agents 153
Chapter 12 Mechanisms of Action of Antifungal
Agents 183
Chapter 13 Mechanisms of Action of Antiviral
Agents 197
Chapter 14 Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing 211
Chapter 15 Bacterial Cell Wall: Morphology and
Biochemistry
Chapter 16 Bacterial Cell Breakage or Lysis 265
Chapter 17 Major Culture Collections and
Sources 275
Chapter 18 Epidemiological Methods in
Microbiology 277
Chapter 19 Business of Microbiology 293
SECTION II Information
on Individual Genus and Species, and Other Topics
Chapter 20 The Family Enterobacteriaceae 307
Chapter 21 The Genus Pseudomonas
Chapter 22 The Family Neisseriaceae 345
Chapter 23 Microbiological and Clinical Aspects of
the Pathogenic Spirochetes 353
Chapter 24 The Genus Vibrio and Related Genera 371
Chapter 25 Staphylococcus aureus and Related
Staphylococci 383
Chapter 26 Streptococcus 411
Chapter 27 The Genus Bacillus 429
Chapter 28 Clostridium 467
Chapter 29 The Genus Corynebacterium 487
Chapter 30 The Actinobacteria 505
Chapter 31 The Family Rickettsiaceae 547
Chapter 32 Chlamydia 567
Chapter 33 Mycoplasma and Related Organisms 579
Chapter 34 The Genus Mycobacteria 609
Chapter 35 The Genus Legionella 625
Chapter 36 Haemophilus Species 639
Chapter 37 Listeria
653
Chapter 38 The Genus Campylobacter 691
Chapter 39 The Genus Helicobacter 709
Chapter 40 The Genus Yersinia 739
Chapter 41 The Genus Bordetella 745
Chapter 42 Other Gram-Negative Bacteria:
Acinetobacter, Burkholderia, and Moraxella
Chapter 43 Selected Zoonotic Pathogens 775
Chapter 44 Other Anaerobic Bacteria: Bacteroides,
Porphyromonas, Prevotella,
Chapter 45 Archaea
817
Chapter 46 Overview of Biofilms and Some Key
Methods for Their Study 835
Chapter 47 Introduction to Bacteriophages 855
Chapter 48 Phage Therapy: Bacteriophages as
Natural, Self-Replicating Antimicrobials
883
Chapter 49 Introduction to Parasites 909
Chapter 50 Fungi
937
Chapter 51 Introduction to Virology 963
Appendix: Survey of Selected Clinical, Commercial, and
Research-Model Eubacterial Species 987
Index 997
