Microbiology

Active Learning Centre http://www.med.jhu.edu/medcenter/quiz/quiz.cgi?dbfield=micro&actionField=startup
Create your own microbiology quiz.

American Society for Microbiology: Careers in the Sciences http://www.asmusa.org/edusrc/edu21.htm
Solid and practical information about becoming a microbiologist.

Bacteria: An Introduction http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacterialh.html
Are all bacteria harmful to us? What roles do they play in our ecosystem? Get the answers to these and other questions about bacteria.

Bacteriophages http://www.cellsalive.com/phage.htm
Learn about the T4 bacteriophage, a virus that infects and destroys bacteria.

The Bad Bug Book http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
This online book lists a variety of, "foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins."

Biology of Microorganisms http://www.prenhall.com/~bookbind/pubbooks/brock/
"This on-line study guide is a companion to the text Biology of Microorganisms."

Bugs in the News: What the Heck is an E.coli? http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~jbrown/ecoli.html
Find out about the organism behind the Hudson beef scare.

Cells Alive!  http://www.cellsalive.com/gallery.htm
This site is an excellent demonstration of cells. It contains animated gifs and quicktime movies of various "cells in action." The graphics are too cool!

Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy http://www.denniskunkel.com/
The author, a prize winning photographer, aims to study the microscopic world. Amazing pictures of insects and other tiny organisms.

Fungi and Human Disease http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3504/fungi.htm
List of fungal infections of the human body.

Introduction to Microscopy and Photography http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/primer.html
Great resource for students and educators interested in optical microscopy and photography.

MicrobeWorld http://www.microbeworld.org
Join Sam in solving microbe mysteries.

Microbe Zoo http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zslmain.html
Are there microbes on Mars?

Microbiology Lab Manual http://www.cat.cc.md.us/courses/bio141/labmanua/index.html
Developed by Dr. Gary E. Kaiser, this manual contains a "complete set of color photographs and photomicrographs of the results for each laboratory exercise."

Micscape http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html
On-line microscopy magazine that explores the "miniature world."

Nanoworld http://www.uq.oz.au/nanoworld/whatisit.html
Take the "What is it?" quiz. Identify the highly magnified biological images.

Plant Pathology http://www.res.bbsrc.ac.uk/plantpath/virusems/fastindex.html
View digitized electron micrographs of plant viruses.

Skin and Eye Diseases http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3504/skineye.htm
Contains information on bacterial and viral infections of the human skin and eyes.