Laboratory Exercises To Accompany Microbiology

Rating:
Summary: Pricey, but good
Review: An excellent introduction into microbiology. It covers agar working techniques beautifully.

Some problems with it though. First, it references a text book for further reading. I don't have the text book.

Second, the expirements call for very specific bacteria/fungi/viral cultures that are difficult to obtain and mix if you are not using the book as part of a university class, in which case you'll likely not have any choice as to which text you use. Specifically a large number of the experiments utilize organisms which are potentially human pathogens, so do not expect to be able to aquire the raw materials for many of these experiments.

And last but not least is the price. However I've not found a better book for self teaching basic agar culture. Emphasis is on test tube culture, making the working materials a bit chearper and more available to most folks.