Web Directory

» A Review on Escherichia coli adenylate cyclase
   A constantly updated review on Escherichia coli adenylate cyclase with references and graphics. Also, a section "Oldies but Goldies" to be updated and focusing on classic literature in Microbiology.
   http://www.minst.org/ecoli_cyclase.htm

» Access Excellence
   A great place for biology science teachers. Contains current science news items, teachers exchange, hundreds of science labs and educational resources.
   http://www.accessexcellence.org/

» Active Learning Centre- Microbiology
   Test your microbiology knowledge at this site. It also includes basic descriptions of various microorganisms.
   http://www.med.jhu.edu/medcenter/quiz/quiz.cgi?dbfield=micro&actionField=startup

» Affiliated Medical Services Laboratory, Inc.
   AMS is a regional clinical reference laboratory serving physicians, clinics, hospitals, government and industry. Specialties include cytology, microbiology, hematology, chemistry, drug screening and toxicology.
   http://www.amsreferencelab.com/

» Bacteria Animal Symbiosis Site
   Symbiotic interactions between bacteria and animals are described with pictures and links to home pages of researchers and to publications
   http://web.uconn.edu/mcbstaff/graf/Sym.html

» Bad Bug Book
   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's handbook which provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.
   http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/

» Bugs in the News
   John (Jack) C. Brown from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas has created great microbiology site. It includes a "What the Heck is?", a general interest, and other bug bytes sections.
   http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/bugs.html

» CELLS Alive!
   Good general microbiology information, with images and videos.
   http://www.cellsalive.com/

» EPA Microbiology Page
   This site contains microbiology-related information that has been developed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Image gallery of various parasites and viruses.
   http://www.epa.gov/nerlcwww/

» International Union of Microbiological Societies
   Aims to promote the study of microbiological sciences internationally and the open exchange of scientific information, coordinate research and disseminate the results of international conferences and meetings.
   http://www.iums.org/

» Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biochime Appliquée
   LMBA is a microbiological laboratory in France where research focuses on the study of the mode of action of the probiotic bacteria, Bacillus and Lactobacillus. In French and English.
   http://www-ecole.enitab.fr/recherche/lmba/

» Luminescent Bacteria
   Do you know that the luminous bacteria exist ? On these pages you will find short characteristic of these strange organisms and some photos.
   http://biology.pl/bakterie_sw/index_en.html

» Medical Microbiology
   Syllabus for a course at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, with scientific and medical information on many disease causing organisms.
   http://www.cehs.siu.edu/fix/medmicro/

» MicroAngela's Electron Microscope Image Gallery
   Annotated and colorized images of insects and bacteria.
   http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/microangela/

» MicroWeb
   A medical microbiology/infectious diseases site produced by Mount Sinai Hospital and Toronto Medical Laboratories. It contains current infectious disease news, a mycology image gallery, bug of the month, tech teasers, and an online lab manual.
   http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/home.shtml

» MicrobeWiki
   Student-initiated community resource on microbes and microbiology, including material on bacteria, archaea, eukaryotic microbes, viruses, bacteriophages, microbiology in the news, and common errors and controversies in the field.
   http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/

» Microbes.info
   This site links to an enormous amount of microbiology articles and information.
   http://www.microbes.info

» Microbeworld: Your Gateway to the World of Microbes
   A place to view colorful images of microbes, read intriguing microbial facts and trivia, get educational resources and activities, and learn more about these fascinating microscopic creatures.
   http://www.microbeworld.org

» Microbiology
   Guide with a wealth of data usable by microbiology students and researchers. Includes a bacteria identification handbook, resources, blogs and forum.
   http://www.microbexpert.com

» Microbiology On-Line
   Blog providing descriptions of microbiology based techniques and protocols.
   http://microbiologyon-line.blogspot.com

» Microbiology Online
   Blog with breaking news about microbiology and tutorials in industrial microbiology, targeted to pharmaceutical microbiology labs.
   http://microbiologyonlineblog.blogspot.com

» Microbiology Webbed Out
   Timothy Paustian from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has created an excellent microbiology textbook.
   http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/index.html

» Microbiology and Immunology Online
   Dr. Richard Hunt and his colleagues at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine have created an excellent Medical Microbiology and Immunology website.
   http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/book/welcome.htm

» Microbiology at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
   This site contains data on antimicrobial resistance in Canada, the incidence of serious disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and group A streptococcus, sample clinical microbiology lab manuals, and microbiology and infectious diseases information for p
   http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca

» NIH: Grants & Funding Opportunities
   Grants and Funding Opportunities at the National Institutes of Health
   http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/

» Name that Bug!
   A fun bacterial identification exercise.
   http://users.stlcc.edu/kkiser/Name.bug.html

» National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
   NCID conducts surveillance, epidemic investigations, epidemiological and laboratory research, training, and public education programs to develop, evaluate, and promote prevention and control strategies for infectious diseases - division of Centers for Dis
   http://www.cdc.gov/ncpdcid/

» Plague Wars
   A Frontline/PBS collaborative that details how viruses and bacteria have been developed/used as bioweapons and the history of bioweapons.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plague/

» Provlab: Alberta
   Provides information on public health, infectious disease profiles, mycology, virology, parasitology, mycobacteriology, bacteriology and environmental health.
   http://www2.provlab.ab.ca/

» Regnum Prokaryotae
   Bacteria dedicated site. Contains microscopy images, movies about bacteriology techniques, articles,culture media recipes & ABIS 6 online - bacteria identification software.
   http://www.tgw1916.net

» Ron's Pond Scum
   Microscopic images of fresh water microlife. Images and descriptive text not limited to Paramecium, Amoeba, Stentor, Vorticella or Daphnia.
   http://www.silkentent.com/gus1911/RonPond.htm

» Suite101.com: Microbiology
   A site containing monthly articles on microbiology topics without all the scientific jargon. Many links to sites with good content and discussions on various topics in microbiology.
   http://microbiology.suite101.com/

» Tetracycline and MLS Antibiotic Nomenclature
   Latest information on the Tetracycline and Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin (MLS) antibiotic resistance genes and their structure.
   http://faculty.washington.edu/marilynr/

» The MicrobeLibrary.org
   Contains visual and curricular resources of use to teachers of microbiology.
   http://www.microbelibrary.org/

» The New York Institute of Medical Research
   Dr. Lawrence Broxmeyer provides abstracts from a number of his studies on bacteria, viruses and diseases.
   http://medamericaresearch.org/

» The Potential of Oxalate-degrading Bacteria in Plant Protection
   Information on research by Henk-Jan Schoonbeek, Francesca Stefanato, Stephane Hess Carolina Buitrago, Eliane Abou Mansour and Jean-Pierre Métraux.
   http://www.unifr.ch/plantbio/new/jpm/ox.html

» The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea
   TOBA is a comprehensive taxonomy of the type strains of bacteria and archaea, based on the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny.
   http://www.taxonomicoutline.org

» Twisted Bacteria
   Musings on the world of microbiology, with a focus on actinomycetes, a group of bacteria, and the biosynthesis of natural products of pharmaceutical interest such as antibiotics and antitumor drugs.
   http://twistedbacteria.blogspot.com/

» Types of Microscopes
   Videos and images of microorganisms and information about different types of microscopes.
   http://www.under-microscope.com/

» University of Minnesota Crookston: Biology
   Describes the programs and requirements, faculty and staff.
   http://www3.crk.umn.edu/academics/mst/biology/

» Virtual Museum of Bacteria
   The museum provides information for the general public on all aspects of bacteria with integrated hyper links to over 250 relevant sites. Annotated lists of links are also provided for professional microbiologists
   http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/

» Zoogloea
   Researchers at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, have studied these gramnegative aerobic chemo-organotrophic bacteria.
   http://zoogloea.com