Contents: Part I Media,Preface,Actinomycetes,Agrobacterium,Azotobacter,Bacillus,Clostridium,Desulphovibrio,Enterobacteriaceae,Erwinia,Fungi,Micrococcus,Pseudomonas,Rhizobium,Soil extract and soil extract agar,Sulphide-motility test,Cleaning of glassware and sterilization,Part II Methods,Cultivation of anaerobic bacteria,Test for phenylalanine deaminases,Test for amino acid decarboxylases,Proteolytic enzymes of microorganisms,Carbonic anhydrase activity,Assay methods,Mounting media,Mounting methods,The preparation of microcultures for cytological studies of bacteria,The feeding and breeding of laboratory animals,Plant nutrient solutions,Serological methods,Biochemical reactions of bacteria,Gram staining,Capsule staining,Cell wall staining,Flagella staining,Nuclear staining,Differential stain,Preparation and staining of sections,Staining techniques,Staining of smears and cultures,Appendixes,Index.