Bound loose-leaf format.

Includes bibliographical references (page 332) and index.

Isolation techniques and selective media -- Bacterial growth -- Microscopy -- Bacterial cellular morphology and simple and negative stains -- Bacterial cell structures and differential stains -- Differential tests and multiple-test systems -- Serology -- Molecular techniques -- Viruses -- Domain bacteria -- Bacterial pathogens -- Domain archaea -- Domain eukarya: simple eukaryotes -- Fungi of clinical importance -- Protozoans of clinical importance -- Parasitic helminths -- Quantitative microbiology -- Medical, environmental, and food microbiology -- Host defenses -- Biochemical pathways.

A Photographic Atlas for the Microbiology Laboratory, Fourth Edition by Michael J. Leboffe and Burton E. Pierce is intended to act as a supplement to introductory microbiology laboratory manuals. This full-color atlas can also be used in conjunction with your own custom laboratory manual. - Publisher.