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In bacteriology's Golden Age (roughly 1870-1890) European physicians focused on bacteria as causal agents of disease. Advances in microscopy and laboratory methodology--including the ability to isolate and identify micro-organisms--played critical roles. Robert Koch, the most well known of the European researchers for his identification of the etiological agents of anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera, established in Germany the first teaching laboratory for training physicians in the new methods. Bacteriology was largely absent in early U.S. medical schools. Dozens of American physicians-in-training enrolled in Koch's course in Germany, and many established bacteriology courses upon their return. This book highlights those who became acknowledged leaders in the field and whose work remains influential.
Includes a description of the Gammaproteobacteria (1203 pages, 222 figures, and 300 tables). This large taxon includes many well known medically and environmentally important groups. Especially notable are the Enterobacteriaceae, Aeromonas, Beggiatoa, Chromatium, Legionella, Nitrococcus, Oceanospirillum, Pseudomonas, Rickettsiella, Vibrio, Xanthomonas and 155 additional genera.
Bacteriologists from all levels of expertise and within all specialties rely on this Manual as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works. Since publication of the first edition of the Systematics, the field has undergone revolutionary changes, leading to a phylogenetic classification of prokaryotes based on sequencing of the small ribosomal subunit. The list of validly named species has more than doubled since publication of the first edition, and descriptions of over 2000 new and realigned species are included in this new edition along with more in-depth ecological information about individual taxa and extensive introductory essays by leading authorities in the field.
Pasteurization, penicillin, Koch's postulates, and gene coding. These discoveries and inventions are vital yet commonplace in modern life, but were radical when first introduced to the public and academia. In this book, the life and times of leading pioneers in microbiology are discussed in vivid detail, focusing on the background of each discovery and the process in which they were developed — sometimes by accident or sheer providence.
TABLE OF CONTENTS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BACTERIOLOGY.. 6 PLATE I. 6 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BACTERIOLOGY.. 7 PREFACE.. 8 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. 13 SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. 14 CAUSATION OF DISEASE. 22 PLATE II. 26 PLATE III. 27 PLATE IV.. 31 PUTREFACTION AND FERMENTATION. 32 STUDY OF FORMS. 33 CHAPTER 1: POSITION—RELATIONSHIPS. 38 PART I. MORPHOLOGY.. 43 CHAPTER II. CELL STRUCTURES. 43 CHAPTER III: CELL FORMS. 56 CHAPTER IV: CELL GROUPINGS. 60 CHAPTER V: CLASSIFICATION. 65 ORDER I. Eubacteria. 69 ORDER II. THIOBACTERIA: SULPHUR BACTERIA. 70 THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BACTERIOLOGISTS. 71 CLASS SCHIZOMYCETES. 71 PART II - PHYSIOLOGY. 79 CHAPTER VI: GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR GROWTH....