文档介绍：Kleyn−Bicknell: Front Matter Preface © The McGraw−Hill
Microbiology Experiments: Companies, 2003
A Health Science
Perspective, 4/e
Preface
To the Student ten to use as little expensive media and equipment
as possible. The manual contains more exercises
A microbiology laboratory is valuable because it ac- than can be done in one course so that instructors
tually gives you a chance to see and study microor- will have an opportunity to select the appropriate
ganisms firsthand. In addition, it provides you with exercises for their particular students and class. We
the opportunity to learn the special techniques hope that the instructors find these laboratories an
used to study and identify anisms. The ponent of teaching microbiology.
ability to make observations, record data, and ana-
lyze results is useful throughout life.
It is very important to read the scheduled exer- Acknowledgments
cises ing to class, so that class time can We would like to acknowledge the contributions of
be used efficiently. It is helpful to ask yourself the the lecturers in the Department of Microbiology at
purpose of each step as you are reading and carrying the University of Washington who have thought-
out the steps of the experiment. Sometimes it will fully honed laboratory exercises over the years until
be necessary to read an exercise several times be- they really work. These include Dorothy Cramer,
fore it makes sense. Carol Laxson, Mona Memmer, Janis Fulton, and
Conducting experiments in microbiology labora- Mark Chandler. Special thanks to Dale Parkhurst
tories is particularly gratifying because the results for his expert knowledge of media. We also thank
can be seen in a day or two (as opposed, for instance, the staff of the University of Washington media
to plant ics laboratories). Opening the incuba- room for their expertise and unstinting support.
tor door to see how your cultures have grown and We also want to thank Eugene and Mart