Basic And Practical Microbiology Lab Manual

This Manual Is Intended To The Undergraduate And Post-Graduate Students In Microbiology As Well As Botany And Zoology In Which Microbiology Is Being Taught As Ancillary Subject. This Manual Explains Exercises In Simple Terms With Sufficient Background And Principle Of The Experiments. Illustrations Are Provided Along With The Protocols For Effective Understanding The Experiments. This Manual Deals With The Experiments In Basic Microbiology, Microbial Physiology Metabolism, Soil, Agricultural, Water And Medical Microbiology. It Is Expected That Beginners And Graduate Students In Microbiology Will Be Benefited From This Manual.

This book provides a general but thorough overview of basic microbiological techniques, analytical methods and advanced tests for food-borne pathogens, procedures for detecting pathogens in food, as well as beneficial microorganisms and their role in food fermentations. Both specialists looking to refresh their understanding of microbiology and those working in the food industry without a background in microbiology will find this book useful.

This manual is designed to satisfy the needs of students enrolled in؟ B.Sc. degree program in Biological, Microbiological, Agricultural and health professions. It provides؟ well balanced and chosen collection of relevant practical Microbiology Laboratory experiments. Students will perform experiments and report on quantitative as well as descriptive data pertaining to the concept they are tackling. The experiments in this manual stresses the quantitative methods, experimental controls, data analysis as well as report writing. The experiments were designed to provide maximum flexibility although each experiment represents؟ well defined concept, several experiments may be performed concurrently depending upon availability of tools and equipments as well as time constraints and students numbers in each laboratory session. Several appendixes appear at the end of the manual which include staining techniques, media composition and some bacterial diagnostic plates.

This treatise is an introductory book for fresh students entering into the field of microbiology. The fundamental techniques, which are basic to all laboratories involved in microbiological and associated works, have been described with illustrations. Moreover, concise information about different microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, microscopic fungi and microscopic algae has been given so as to acquaint the students with these microbes before starting any experiment on them. A total of 55 experiments have been described in a step-wise manner along with illustrative flow diagrams for all the experiments. All attempts have been made to make the manual user-friendly by making each experiment a separate and independent one, so that it can be conducted without borrowing steps from any other experiment. A total of 128 illustrations and 27 illustrated reactions have made the manual a real illustrated one making its use very easy and simple. The book shall be a valuable piece of information and an easily comprehensible aid in microbiology laboratories for students, teachers, scientists, laboratory personnel and all associated with microbiology and allied subjects.

FOR LABORATORY STUDENTS OF ALL INDIAN UNIVERSITIES

A microbiology laboratory manual designed for a one-semester, college undergraduate education. The manual is designed to be self-guided, and contains a series of experiments designed to build a student's knowledge and mastery of microbiological laboratory techniques.