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The Research Laboratory Notebook was designed by microbiologists for use in a research or government laboratory. Less expensive than comparable dedicated notebooks, the low cost ensures that all labs can make use of this important resource. The notebook is hardbound and permanently-sewn for durability and features consecutively-numbered pages. Lines are numbered to facilitate cross-referencing and each page has spaces for a title, researcher name, witness signatures, and dates.

Key Features

• Hardbound and permanently-sewn for durability
• 152 gridded, sequentially-numbered pages
• Contains useful appendices including the genetic code, common abbreviations, conversions, and molecular weights
• Features embedded metric and imperial rulers
• Presents guidelines for maintaining a laboratory notebook
• Provides boxes on the spine and cover for easy identification

Hardcover, 152 gridded pages

Quantity discount, 10%: $12.56 each for 20 or more*

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ASM Press

P.O. Box 605

Herdon, VA 20172

USA

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The definitive guide for identifying fungi from clinical specimens

Davise H. Larone is well known as the originator of the book that many readers have come to rely upon for assistance in the accurate identification of fungi from patient specimens, a key step in treating mycotic infections. Dr. Larone has now been joined by Thomas J. Walsh and Randall T. Hayden to update this gold standard reference while retaining the format that has made this guide so popular for more than 40 years.

Medically Important Fungi, will expand your knowledge and support your work by:

• Providing detailed descriptions of the major mycoses as viewed in patients’ specimens by direct microscopic examination of stained slides
• Offering a logical step-by-step process for identification of cultured organisms, utilizing detailed descriptions, images, pointers on organisms’ similarities and distinctions, and selected references for further information
• Covering nearly 150 of the fungi most commonly encountered in the clinical mycology laboratory
• Presenting details on each organism’s pathogenicity, growth characteristics, relevant biochemical reactions, and microscopic morphology, illustrated with photomicrographs, Dr. Larone’s unique and elegant drawings, and color photos of colony morphology and various test results
• Explaining the current changes in fungal taxonomy and nomenclature that are due to information acquired through molecular taxonomic studies of evolutionary fungal relationships
• Providing basic information on molecular diagnostic methods, e.g., PCR amplification, nucleic acid sequencing, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and other commercial platforms
• Including an extensive section of easy-to-follow lab protocols, a comprehensive list of media and stain procedures, guidance on collection and preparation of patient specimens, and an illustrated glossary

With Larone’s Medically Important Fungi: A Guide to Identification, both novices and experienced professionals in clinical microbiology laboratories can continue to confidently identify commonly encountered fungi.

Hardcover, 550 pages, full-color illustrations, index.

This new volume offers a comprehensive overview on recent findings and current opinions on Legionella research, covering all aspects of pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and surveillance of Legionnaires' disease.

A major focus of the book is the molecular elucidation of bacterial properties which enable Legionella to thrive in the aquatic environment and to infect the human host. It offers a detailed description and analysis of bacterial factors that contribute to environmental fitness and pathogenesis and presents new evidence to implicate various environmental sources of legionellosis.

Originally presented at the 5th International Conference on Legionella, these contributions reflect the current state of the science as well as future perspectives.

Electronic Only, 460 pages, index.