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Alcamo's Laboratory Fundamentals of Microbiology, Ninth Edition

Author(s): Jeffrey C. Pommerville, PhD, Glendale Community College
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763795573
  • Spiral/paperback    356 pages      © 2011
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This popular lab manual offers thirty-four multi-part lab exercises designed to provide students with basic training in the handling of microorganisms, while exploring microbial properties and uses. This lab manual can also be used independently of the main text.

An instructor’s manual, downloadable from the Web, accompanies the lab manual and provides principles of lab safety; research topic ideas, information on customizing laboratory programs with the manual; helpful suggestions for setting up and running each exercise; and lists of laboratory media, cultures, and special materials used in each exercise.
 

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Part  1  Basic Laboratory Techniques and Skills
  Exercise 1  Culture Transfer Techniques
  Exercise 2  Pure Culture Techniques
Part  2  Microscopy and Bacterial Staining Techniques
  Exercise 3  The Compound Microscope
  Exercise 4  Preparation of a Bacterial Smear and the Simple Stain Technique
  Exercise 5  The Negative Stain Technique
  Exercise 6  The Gram Stain Technique
  Exercise 7  Bacterial Structures
Part  3  Viruses and Eukaryotic Microorganisms
  Exercise 8  Viruses
  Exercise 9  Fungi, Protozoa, and Multicellular Parasites
Part  4  The Spread and Control of Microorganisms
  Exercise 10  A Simulated Epidemic
  Exercise 11  The Effect of Physical Agents on Bacteria
  Exercise 12  The Effect of Chemical Agents on Bacteria
  Exercise 13  Evaluation of Disinfectants and Antiseptics
  Exercise 14  The Effect of Antibiotics on Bacteria
  Exercise 15  Microbial Growth: Analysis of a Bacterial Growth Curve
Part  5  Medical Microbiology
  Exercise 16  The Genus Mycobacterium
  Exercise 17  The Genus Streptococcus
  Exercise 18  The Genus Neisseria
  Exercise 19  The Genus Staphylococcus
  Exercise 20  The Enteric Bacteria
  Exercise 21  The Genus Bacillus
  Exercise 22  The Genus Clostridium
  Exercise 23  The Genus Lactobacillus
Part  6  Identification of a Bacterial
  Exercise 24  Bacterial Structural Characteristics
  Exercise 25  Bacterial Culture Characteristics
  Exercise 26  Biochemical Characteristics of Bacteria
Part  7  Bacterial Genetics and Serology
  Exercise 27  Bacterial Genetics: Mutations and the Ames Test
  Exercise 28  Bacterial Conjugation
  Exercise 29  Bacterial Transformation
  Exercise 30  Serology: Agglutination Techniques and Blood Cell Identification
Part  8  Public Health and Environmental Microbiology
  Exercise 31  Microbiology of Foods
  Exercise 32  Microbiology of Milk and Dairy Products
  Exercise 33  Microbiology of Water
  Exercise 34  Microbiology of Soil
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Jeffrey C. Pommerville, PhD-Glendale Community College

Congratulations to Dr. Pommerville who was recently awarded the 2008 Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award!

Jeffrey Pommerville has a Ph.D. in Cell and Organismal Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. After serving as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Georgia, he was an assistant professor of biology at Texas A&M University. For the past 14 years, he has been Professor of Biology at Glendale Community College where he teaches introductory biology and microbiology. He has 20 years of research experience in cell biology and microbiology and has authored over 35 peer-reviewed papers in national and international research journals. For the past three years, he was the principal investigator for Systemic Reform In Science (SyRIS), a project funded by the National Science Foundation that was designed to improve student outcomes in science through changes in curriculum and pedagogy that align with national systemic reform initiatives. In 2003, he was awarded the Gustav Ohaus Award (College Division) for Innovations in Science Teaching from the National Science Teachers Association. Over the past three years, he has presented numerous seminars and workshops to colleges, universities, business, medical, and service organizations on understanding and responding to bioterrorism. 

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Ideal for a microbiology laboratory course for non-majors, allied health, and nursing students.

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