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General sites

bulletCDC 
bulletTom Volk's fungi pages
bulletNIH
bulletSkin diseases
bullet Online atlas of bacteria (on agar)

Links for assignments and case histories

bulletHistorical figures in Microbiology
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Delbruck, Hershey and Luria
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain and Sir Howard Florey
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Robert Koch
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Charles Laveran
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Anton van Leeuwenhoek
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Joseph Lister
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Charles Nicolle
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Louis Pasteur
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Stanley Prusiner
bulletFamous Microbiologists - Walter Reed
bulletFamous Immunologists - Ronald Ross
bulletFamous Microbilogists - Jonas Salk
bullet Famous Microbiologists - John Snow
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bullet Useful bacteria - PHA synthesis (for biodegradable plastics)
bullet Useful bacteria - nitrogen fixation
bulletUseful bacteria - bats, bacteria and biotechnology
bulletUseful bacteria - bioremediation (Overview)
bulletUseful bacteria - fermentation and cheese, rubber, and alcohol
bullet Useful bacteria - bacteria and linen production
bulletUseful bacteria - probiotics
bulletUseful microbes - Human and Animal Biotechnology
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bulletEpidemics
bulletExamples of how disease altered history
bullet History of Yellow Fever - Walter Reed commission 1898-1901
bulletEpidemics - Black death and England
bulletEpidemics - Black death and Italy
bulletEpidemics - Black death and medieval attitude
bullet Epidemics - Black death - economic impact
bulletEpidemics - Influenza
bulletDeliberate Epidemics - Lord Amherst and the smallpox blankets
bullet Epidemics - Plagues and peoples; The Columbian Exchange

General links

bulletEutrophication
bulletFoodborne pathogens
bulletAntimicrobial activity of spices
bulletMicrobial flora of the oral cavity
bulletSecret world of spices

Interesting bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses

bulletInteresting bacteria - Anthrax
bulletInteresting bacteria - Bacillus cereus
bulletInteresting bacteria - Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union
bulletInteresting bacteria - Helicobacter pylori
bulletInteresting bacteria - Tuberculosis (News reports)
bulletInteresting bacteria - Lyme disease in humans (CDC site)
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bulletInteresting fungi - Mushrooms and man
bulletInteresting fungi - Antimicrobial properties of Rozites caperata
bulletInteresting fungi - Candida albicans
bulletInteresting fungi - Christmas fungi (donated by Alice Cotler)
bulletInteresting fungi - Ergot of rye and witchcraft
bulletInteresting fungi - Ergot of rye 
bulletInteresting fungi - Ergot in history
bulletInteresting fungi - Potato blight and Ireland
bulletInteresting fungi - Paper making and bioremediation
bulletInteresting fungi/protozoa - Pneumocystis carinii
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bulletInteresting protozoa - another reason not to eat oysters (Cryptosporidium parvum)
bulletInteresting protozoa - or be careful with your contact lenses (Acanthamoeba)
bulletInteresting protozoa - The History of Malaria
bulletInteresting protozoa - Malaria
bulletInteresting protozoa - Malaria in Southern Africa
bulletInteresting protozoa - The problem with making a vaccine against malaria
bulletInteresting protozoa - Sleeping Sickness (WHO)
bulletInteresting protozoa - Sleeping Sickness in Africa (newspaper accounts)
bulletInteresting protozoa - Chagas Disease
bulletInteresting protozoa - Leishmaniasis
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bulletInteresting viruses -Ebola virus
bulletInteresting viruses - Hemorrhagic fevers (WHO; Africa)
bulletInteresting viruses - HIV dynamics
bulletInteresting viruses - Tulip mosaic virus and tulipomania
 

 

 

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Last updated 10/03/07.
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