Rev. ed. of: Manual of methods for general bacteriology. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Methodology for general and molecular bacteriology / Philipp Gerhardt, editor-in-chief -- Morphology -- Introduction to morphology / R.G.E. Murray, editor -- Light microscopy / R.G.E. Murray and Carl F. Robinow -- Determinative and cytological light microscopy / R.G.E. Murray, Raymond N. Doetsch and C.F. Robinow -- Electron microscopy / Terry J. Beveridge, Terry J. Popkin and Roger M. Cole -- Cell fractionation / G. Dennis Sprott, Susan F. Koval and Carl A. Schnaitman -- Antigen-antibody reactions / Joseph S. Lam and Lucy M. Mutharia -- Growth -- Introduction to growth / Philipp Gerhardt, editor -- Physicochemical factors in growth / John A. Breznak and Ralph N. Costilow -- Nutrition and media / Rosalie J. Cote and Robert L. Gherna -- Enrichment and isolation / John G. Holt and Noel R. Krieg -- Solid, liquid/solid, and semisolid culture / Noel R. Krieg and Philipp Gerhardt -- Liquid culture / Philipp Gerhardt and Stephen W. Drew -- Growth measurement / Arthur L. Koch -- Culture preservation / Robert L. Gherna. (cont) Molecular genetics -- Introduction to molecular genetics / Philipp Gerhardt, editor -- Gene mutation / Eric Eisenstadt, Bruce C. Carlton and Barbara J. Brown -- Gene transfer in gram-negative bacteria / David L. Provence and Roy Curtiss III -- Gene transfer in gram-positive bacteria / Simon M. Cutting and Philip Youngman -- Plasmids / Jorge H. Crosa ... {et al.} -- Transposon mutagenesis / Frans J. De Bruijn and Silvia Rossbach -- Gene cloning and expression / Michael Bagdasarian and Mira M. Bagdasarian -- Polymerase chain reaction / Ronald M. Atlas and Asim K. Bej -- Nucleic acid analysis / William G. Hendrickson and Tapan K. Misra -- Metabolism -- Introduction to metabolism / W.A. Wood, editor -- Physical analysis / W.A. Wood and J.R. Paterek -- Chemical analysis / Lacy Daniels, Richard S. Hanson and Jane A. Phillips -- Enzymatic activity / Allen T. Phillips -- Permeability and transport / Robert E. Marquis -- Systematics -- Introduction to systematics / Noel R. Krieg, editor -- Phenotypic characterization / Robert M. Smibert and Noel R. Krieg. (cont) Similarity analysis of DNAs / John L. Johnson -- Similarity analysis of rRNAs / John L. Johnson -- Nucleic acid probes / Joseph O. Falkinham III -- General methods -- Introduction to general methods / Philipp Gerhardt, editor -- Laboratory safety / W. Emmett Barkley and John H. Richardson -- Photography / Terry J. Popkin -- Records and reports / Philipp Gerhardt.