The Virtual Museum of Bacteria

List of professional links on Bacteriology and/or Microbiology

Written by Dr. T. M. Wassenaar Tuesday, 23 December 2008

For information on a specific bacterial species see the Species Files
GENERAL AND COLLECTION SITES

Microbiology Network Home page (Illinois State Museum) An extensive list of links of interest in microbiology. includes links to:

Microbiology societies and Associations
All current microbiological meetings collected by our colleagues of Virology
International Union of Microbiological Societies
Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Microbiology Links collected by Illinois State Academy of Science
Quiz on Microbiology (Active Learning Centre Group)
MicroBioNet contains profiles of bacterial species devided in Gram Pos/Neg .

Hunting microbial information for Bacteria a glossary by World Data Centre for Microorganisms in Japan.

MedMark Infectious Diseases collection of Associations/societies, Centers/Institutes, Departments, Education/Training, Consumers information, general links, govermental, and guides/guidelines.

Karolinska Institutet Library selection of microbiology links.

MedWeb plus, another database of microbiological journals and associations.

Healtfinder: a search engine for medical links.

 

TAXONOMY AND NOMENCLATURE

• The tree of life an internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity.
• Index to Organism Names as by the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology (ICSB) (Source: BioSis UK) also contains links to relevant sites
• list of old and new bacterial names (JP Ezeuby)

MICROBIOLOGY DATABASES AND STRAIN COLLECTIONS:

• list of addresses of strain collections world wide (collected by J.P. Euzeby)
• ATCC American Type Culture Collection
• NCIMB NCIMB is owned by the commercial arm of the University of Aberdeen (AURIS Ltd)"
• CBS/NCC A strain collection with search options for species name or strain number (Source: KNAW NL)
• DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen.
• BCCM/LMG (Belgian Co-ordinated collections of microorganisms on-line)
• PGSC Pseudomonas Genetic Stock Center
• SGSC Salmonella Genetic Stock Center
• list of culture collection sites collected by MA Schneegurt with emphasis on cyanobacteria

COURSES IN MICROBIOLOGY, BACTERIOLOGY

• Bacteriology 303: procaryotic microbiology (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Bacteriology 330: Host-parasite interactions (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Microbook (Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences)
• Course BS109 Introduction to Microbiology (University of Leicester) also has links to related courses
• Medical Microbiology (Neil Chamberlain of Kirksville Missouri)
• common tests for bacteriological identification (University of Leeds)

OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST

Sterilization procedures and uses of the University of Wisconsin, lists methods of sterilization, disinfection and antibiotics

time for a fresh look at bacteria (Source: tribune.com).

American Society for Microbiology

National Association of Biology Teachers

Waksman Foundation for Microbiology

Links collected by Mcrobes.info

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 1999