The Practical Handbook of Microbiology presents basic knowledge about working with microorganisms in a clear and concise form. It also provides in-depth information on important aspects of the field—from classical microbiology to genomics—in one easily accessible volume. This new edition retains the easy-to-use format of previous editions, with a logical presentation of frequently used reference data that enables readers to rapidly locate the information needed. New chapters have been included in this edition, including a noteworthy one on the business aspects of microbiology that has been added to address the needs of investors looking to understand the science behind companies that they are contemplating funding and scientists that are interested in commercializing their research. In addition, chapters have been added on new microorganism-based disease and pathogenic mechanisms. All chapters from the previous edition have been revised and updated. Major topics covered include almost all studied bacteria, and introductions to fungi, parasites, and viruses, as well as methods of culture collection, enumeration, and preservation of microorganisms, diagnostic medical microbiology, mechanisms of antimicrobial agents, and antibiotics and antifungal agents. Although this book will be of use to anyone interested in the subject matter, it will be of particular benefit to specialized microbiologists as well as those who simply use microbiology as an adjunct to their own discipline, in finding relevant information quickly and easily.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION AND PROCEDURES FOR MICROBIOLOGY Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis; Michael G. Schmidt Quantitation of Microorganisms; Peter S. Lee Culturing and Preserving Microorganisms; Lorrence H. Green Stains for Light Microscopy; Stuart Chaskes and Rita Austin Identification of Gram-Positive Organisms; Peter M. Colaninno Identification of Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria; Donna J. Kohlerschmidt, Lisa A. Mingle, and Nellie B. Dumas Plaque Assay for Bacteriophage; Emanuel Goldman Phage Identification of Bacteria; Catherine E.D. Rees, Lorrence H. Green, Emanuel Goldman, and Martin J. Loessner Phage Display and Selection of Protein Ligands; Wlodek Mandecki, Emanuel Goldman, Inger Sandlie, and Geir Åge Løset Diagnostic Medical Microbiology; Lorrence H. Green Mechanisms of Action of Antibacterial Agents; Joseph Adrian L. Buensalido, Carmen E. DeMarco, and Stephen A. Lerner Mechanisms of Action of Antifungal Agents; Stephanie A. Flowers and P. David Rogers Mechanisms of Action of Antiviral Agents; Guido Antonelli and Ombretta Turriziani Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing; Audrey Wanger Bacterial Cell Wall: Morphology and Biochemistry; Jed F. Fisher and Shahriar Mobashery Bacterial Cell Breakage or Lysis; Matthew E. Bahamonde Major Culture Collections and Sources; Lorrence H. Green Epidemiological Methods in Microbiology; Ashley Robinson Business of Microbiology; Michael C. Nugent and Lorrence H. Green INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL GENUS AND SPECIES, AND OTHER TOPICS The Family Enterobacteriaceae; J. Michael Janda and Sharon L. Abbott The Genus Pseudomonas; Shubham Chakravarty and Gregory G. Anderson The Family Neisseriaceae; Yvonne A. Lue Microbiological and Clinical Aspects of the Pathogenic Spirochetes; Charles Pavia The Genus Vibrio and Related Genera; Seon Young Choi, Jongsik Chun, and Rita R. Colwell Staphylococcus aureus and Related Staphylococci; Dominique Missiakas and Olaf Schneewind Streptococcus; Vincent A. Fischetti and Patricia Ryan The Genus Bacillus; Daniel R. Zeigler and John B. Perkins Clostridium; Peter Dürre The Genus Corynebacterium; Lothar Eggeling and Michael Bott The Actinobacteria; Alan C. Ward and Nagamani Bora The Family Rickettsiaceae; Magda Beier-Sexton, Timothy P. Driscoll, Abdu F. Azad, and Joseph J. Gillespie Chlamydia; Lourdes G. Bahamonde Mycoplasma and Related Organisms; Meghan May and Daniel R. Brown The Genus Mycobacteria; Salman H. Siddiqi The Genus Legionella; Alexander W. Ensminger, Eva M. Campodonico, and Craig R. Roy Haemophilus species; Elisabeth Adderson Listeria; Sukhadeo Barbuddhe, Torsten Hain, and Trinad Chakraborty The Genus Campylobacter; Collette Fitzgerald, Janet Pruckler, Maria Karlsson, and Patrick Kwan The Genus Helicobacter; Ernestine M. Vellozzi and Edmund R. Giugliano The Genus Yersinia; Susan E. Sharp The Genus Bordetella; Rita Austin and Tonya Shearin-Patterson Other Gram-Negative Bacteria: Acinetobacter, Burkholderia, and Moraxella; Rebecca E. Colman and Jason W. Sahl Selected Zoonotic Pathogens; Sanjay K. Shukla and Steven Foley Other Anaerobic Bacteria: Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Tannerella, Fusobacterium, and Gram-Positive Anaerobic Cocci; Joseph J. Zambon and Violet I. Haraszthy Archaea; Sarah T. Gross Overview of Biofilms and Some Key Methods for Their Study; Paramita Basu, Irvin N. Hirshfield, and Subit Barua Introduction to Bacteriophages; Elizabeth Kutter and Emanuel Goldman Phage Therapy: Bacteriophages as Natural, Self-Replicating Antimicrobials; Elizabeth Kutter Introduction to Parasites; Purnima Bhanot and Fred Schuster Fungi; Michael Dalto and Jeffrey Daniels Introduction to Virology; Ken S. Rosenthal Survey of Selected Clinical, Commercial, and Research-Model Eubacterial Species; Emanuel Goldman