Microbial/Immunological Resources

Lectures: Go to Reading Page

Microbial Library

1. Microbial Images : Search page

2. CDC Health Topics : A-Z

Viruses

1. One of the best resources for pictures, information, and links is The Big Picture Book of Viruses : The Big Picture Book of Viruses - Families by Genome

Viral Menagerie : Virus databases online

Bacteria

1. The Bad Bug Book on food borne diseases: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html.

2. Staphylococcus general information: http://www.cehs.siu.edu/fix/medmicro/staph.htm

                                                                            http://www.okstate.edu/OSU_Ag/fapc/fsw/staph.htm

                                                                            http://www.sci.wsu.edu/bio/micro310staph.html

3. Streptococcus general information:http://www.cehs.siu.edu/fix/medmicro/strep.htm

                                                                        http://www.rockefeller.edu/vaf/

4. Neisseria  general information : Neisseria

5. Clostridium  general information : Clostridium

6. Mycobacterium tuberculosis  general information : Mycobacterium

7. Pseudomonas aeurginosa  general information : Pseudomonas

8. Bordetella pertussis  general information : Bordetella

9. Escherichia coli  general information : Escherichia

10. Salmonella and Shigella  general information : Salmonella,   Shigella

11. Yersinia pestis  general information : Yersinia

12. Vibrio cholerae  general information : Vibrio

13. Corynebacterium diphtheriae general information: Corynecbacterium

Fungi

1. Good general information : The Kingdom Fungi

2. Fungal Diseases: Fungal Disease (NIAID)

3. Common Fungal Infection : Fungal infections of the hair, nail and skin

Parasites

1. Worm eggs and ova images: http://www.life.sci.qut.edu.au/LIFESCI/darben/paramast.htm

2. Another site: http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/home.html

Tools of the Microbiologist

1. Simulation of how to visualize a specimen with an electron microscope:(use the student site the first time through): http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/~kunkel/java-sem/

2. Virtual Microscope.  How to use a light microscope:  http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/#1

2. History of the light microscope : http://www.az-microscope.on.ca/history/history.html

Review Web Sites

Professor Alan Cann's Microbiology Bytes