This new edition of a standard reference includes classical methods and information on newer technologies, such as DNA hybridization and monoclonal antibodies.

G.R. Carter, Classification, Norma Flora and Laboratory Safety.G.R. Carter, Selection and Submission of Clinical Specimens.G.R. Carter, Cultural Procedures Employed for Clinical Specimens.G.R. Carter, Isolation and Identification of Bacteria from Clinical Specimens.J.R. Cole, Jr., Spirochetes.J.F. Prescott, Campylobacter.G.R. Carter, Pseudomonas, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas, and Vibrio.R.M. Roop II, Bordetella and Alcaligenes.P.L. Nicoletti, Brucella.M.E. Carter and M.M. Chengappa, Enterobacteria.G.R. Carter, Pasteurella and Francisella.J.E. Phillips, Actinobacillus.E.L. Biberstein, Haemophilus and Taylorella.T.J. Inzana, Miscellaneous Glucose-Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacteria.J.M. Donahue, Non-Sporeforming Anaerobic Bacteria.J.R. Cole, Jr., Micrococcus and Staphylococcus.J.R. Cole, Jr., Streptococci and Related Cocci.G.R. Carter, Listeria and Erysipelothrix.G.R. Carter, Corynebacterium.J.F. Prescott, Actinomyces, Nocardia, Streptomyces, Dermatophilus, and Rhodococcus.C.N. Thoen, Mycobacterium.G.R. Carter, Miscellaneous Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Bacteria.J.Storz, Rickettsia and Chlamydia.H.W. Yoder, Jr., Avian Mycoplasmas.O.H.V. Stalheim, Mycoplasmas of Animals.G.R. Carter, Mycology: Introduction.G.R. Carter, Dermatophytes and Dermatophytosis.J.R. Cole, Jr., and G.R. Carter, Yeasts Causing infections.T.J. Inzana and G.R. Carter, Fungi Causing Subcutaneous Infections.T.J. Inzana and G.R. Carter, Fungi Causing Systemic or Deep Infections.C.A. Kirkbride, Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Abortion.J.L. Watts, Bovine Mastitis.M.M. Chengappa, Rapid Methods of Indentification.E.B. Shotts, Jr., Diagnostic Approaches in Fish Diseases.Appendixes:Staining Procedures.Culture Media and Tests.Mycological Media and Stains.Laboratory Methods for Rickettsia and Chlamydiae.Laboratory Methods for Mycoplasmas.Index.