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Microscopic Techniques | |
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Bright-Field Light Microscope and Microscopic Measurement of Organisms | |
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The Hanging Drop Slide and Bacterial Motility | |
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Dark-Field Light Microscope | |
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Phase-Contrast Light Microscope | |
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Flourescence Microscope | |
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Bacterial Morphology and Staining | |
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Negative Staining | |
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Smear Preparation and Simple Staining | |
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Gram Stain | |
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Acid-Fast Staining (Ziehl-Neelsen and Kinyoun) Procedures | |
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Endospore Staining (Schaeffer-Fulton or Wirtz-Conklin) | |
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Capsule Staining | |
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Flagella Staining: West and Difco's SpotTest Methods | |
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Basic Laboratory and Culture Techniques | |
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Sterilization and Microbiological Culture Media Preparation | |
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Culture Transfer Instruments, Techniques, and Isolation and Maintenance of Pure Cultures | |
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Spread-Plate Technique | |
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The Streak-Plate Technique and Different Media | |
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Pour-Plate Technique | |
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Cultivation of Anaerobic Bacteria | |
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Determination of Bacterial Numbers | |
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Biochemical Activities of Bacteria | |
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Carbohydrates I: Fermentation and B-Galactosidase Activity | |
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Carbohydrates II: Triple Sugar Iron Agar Tests | |
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Carbohydrates III: Starch Hydrolysis | |
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Lipids: Lipid Hydrolysis | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes I: Hydrogen Sulfide Production and Motility | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes II: The IMViC Tests | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes III: Casein Hydrolysis | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes IV: Gelatin Hydrolysis | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes V: Catalase Activity | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes VI: Coagulase and DNase Activity | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes VII: Oxidase Test | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes VIII: Urease Activity | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes IX: Lysine and Ornithine Decarboxylase Test | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes X: Phenylalanine Deamination | |
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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Enzymes XI: Nitrate Reduction | |
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Rapid Multitest Systems | |
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The API� 20E System | |
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The Enterotube� II System | |
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Unknown Identification | |
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Using the First Edition of Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology to Identify Bacteria | |
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General Unknown | |
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Environmental Factors Affecting Growth of Microorganisms | |
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Temperature | |
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pH | |
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Osmotic Pressure | |
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The Effects of Chemical Agents on Bacteria I: Disinfectants | |
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The Effects of Chemical Agents on Bacteria II: Antimicrobial Agents (Kirby-Bauer Method) | |
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Hand Washing, Environmental Sampling, and Microbiological Monitoring | |
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Determination of a Bacterial Growth Curve: Classical and Two-Hour Methods | |
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Environmental and Food Microbiology | |
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Standard Coliform Most Probably Number (MPN)Test and Presence-Absence Coliform Test | |
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Membrane Filter Technique for Coliform and Fecal Streptococci; KONFIRM™ Test for Fecal Coliforms | |
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Isolation of Escherichia coli Bacteriophages from Sewage and Determining Bacteriophage Titers | |
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Enumeration of Soil Microorganisms | |
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Bacterial Count of a Food Product | |
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Examination of Milk for Bacteria | |
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Medical Microbiology | |
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Hemagglutination Reactions: Blood Groups | |
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Isolation of Normal Microbiota from the Human Body | |
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Staphylococci | |
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Pneumococci | |
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Streptococci | |
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Neisseriae | |
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Aerobic and Anaerobic Endospore-Forming Bacteria | |
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Survey of Selected Eucaryotic Microorganisms | |
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Fungi I: Yeasts | |
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Fungi II: Zygomycota, Ascomyceta, and Basidiomyceta | |
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Microbial Genetics and Genomics | |
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Bacterial Mutation | |
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Bacterial Transformation | |
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Bacterial Conjugation: The Transfer of Antibiotic-Resistant Plasmids | |
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Isolation of Genomic DNA from Baker's Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | |
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Isolation and Purification of Genomic DNA from Escherichia coli | |
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Dilutions with Sample Problems | |
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Metric and English Measurement Equivalents | |
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Transmission-Absorbance Table for Spectrophotometry | |
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Logarithms | |
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pH and pH Indicators | |
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Scientific Notation | |
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Identification Charts | |
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Reagents, Solutions, Stains, and Tests | |
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Culture Media | |
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Sources and Maintenance of Microbiological Stock Cultures | |