Table of contents : CONTENTS......Page 4 Preface ......Page 7 Introduction......Page 8 Bacteriological laboratory safety rules ......Page 9 Unit one-Observations and study of structure of microbes ......Page 10 Unit two-Microbial physiology: growth and metabolism ......Page 52 Unit three-Bacterial genetics and molecular biology......Page 90 Unit four-Environment microbiology ......Page 110 Unit five-Medical microbiology & immunology ......Page 140 Unit six-Control of microbial activities ......Page 174 Appendix-I(Reagents/Stains)......Page 184 Appendix-II(Media)......Page 188 Appendix-III(Buffers and Solutions)......Page 192