From the Publisher:     

     The Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology is a compilation of exceptional four-color images of important bacteria in medical microbiology.  Drawing on their own classroom and laboratory experiences, the authors have organized a collection of over 650 superb photographs, almost all of which are original to this volume and representative of clinically relevant organisms.

     This easy-to-use atlas present illustrations of the bacteria most frequently encountered in the clinical laboratory, including typical Gram stains, colony morphologies, and biochemical reactions.  Each chapter begins with a brief introduction, providing a contextual framework for the images, with the last chapter detailing some of the most common methods and biochemical reactions used in the identification of pathogenic bacteria.  A representative sampling of certain bacteria with unique or interesting pictorial characteristics is presented, and terminology current to the discipline is used throughout.

     The organization of the atlas closely parallels that of the Manual of Clinical Microbiology, making it a perfect companion reference.  Filling a void that most textbooks on the subject cannot, the Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology is a valuable illustrative supplement for lectures and laboratory presentations.

Key Features

• presents over 650 four-color illustrations of important bacteria, focusing on representative characteristics of the organisms
• contains superior quality photographs, most taken specifically for this edition
• organization parallels that of the Manual of Clinical Microbiology, making it a perfect companion reference
• draws on the extensive experience of the authors in determining illustrations that are commonly used in the teaching of microbiology

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1.     Staphylococcus and Micrococcus

Chapter 2.     Streptococcus

Chapter 3.     Enterococcus

Chapter 4.     Aerococcus, Abiotrophia, and Other Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Cocci that Grow Aerobically

Chapter 5.     Coryneform Gram-Positive Bacilli

Chapter 6.     Listeria and Erysipelothrix

Chapter 7.     Bacillus

Chapter 8.     Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Actinomadura, Streptomyces, and other Aerobic Actinomycetes

Chapter 9.     Mycobacterium

Chapter 10.   Introduction to Enterobacteriaceae

Chapter 11.   Escherichia, Shigella, and Salmonella

Chapter 12.   Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Serratia, Pantoea, and Raoultella

Chapter 13.   Yersina, Proteae, Edwardsiella, and Hafnia

Chapter 14.   Vibrio

Chapter 15.   Aeromonas and Plesiomonas

Chapter 16.   Pseudomonas

Chapter 17.   Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas, Ralstonia, Brevundimonas, Comamonas, and Acidovorax

Chapter 18.   Acinetobacter, Achromobacter, Alcaligenes, Moraxella, Methylobacterium, and Other Nonfermetative Gram-Negative Bacilli

Chapter 19.   Actinobacillus, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Kingella, and Other Fastidious or Rarely Encountered Gram-Negative Bacilli

Chapter 20.   Legionella

Chapter 21.   Neisseria and Moraxella

Chapter 22.   Hemophilus

Chapter 23.   Bordetella

Chapter 24.   Brucella

Chapter 25.   Pasteurella

Chapter 26.   Bartonella and Afipia

Chapter 27.   Francisella

Chapter 28.   Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria

Chapter 29.   Clostridium

Chapter 30.   Peptostreptococcus, Propionibacterium, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces, and Other Non-Spore-Forming Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacteria

Chapter 31.   Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria

Chapter 32.   Campylobacter and Arcobacter

Chapter 33.   Helicobacter

Chapter 34.   Chlamydia

Chapter 35.   Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Chapter 36.   Leptospira, Borrelia, and Treponema

Chapter 37.   Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, and Coxiella

Chapter 38.   Stains, Media, and Reagents

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