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Basic laboratory techniques for isolation, cultivation, and cultural characterization of microorganisms -- Microscopy -- Bacterial staining -- Cultivation of microorganisms: nutritional and physical requirments, and enumeration of microbial populations -- Biochemical activities of microorganisms -- The protozoa -- The fungi -- The viruses -- Physical and chemical agents for the control of microbial growth -- Microbiology of food -- Microbiology of water -- Microbiology of soil -- Bacterial genetics -- Biotechnology -- Medical microbiology -- Immunology.