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Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:14 pm
by MWK
Does anyone have any good suggestions for a book that has many microscopic images of microbes to help with the identification process?
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:34 pm
by MicroBob
For fresh water pond life we use "Das Leben im Wassertropfen" here in Germany. It will probably be helpful even when it is written in a language you don't speak. It has been on the market for a long time, you could buy used an older edition.
Bob
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:04 pm
by wstenberg
Wassertropfen, indeed.
Everything sounds more scientific in German!
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:18 am
by MWK
Does that include forms of yeast and bacteria?
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:09 am
by BramHuntingNematodes
Brock's is not very good for ID, btw. Nematology keys are surprisingly expensive, although I hear good things about the Perry and Moens and there is a nice fluorescence photo on the cover.
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:20 am
by Tom Jones
Guide to Microlife, Rainis and Russel:
https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Microlife- ... 774&sr=8-1
Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa, a Color Guide, Patterson:
https://www.amazon.com/Free-Living-Fres ... oks&sr=1-3
How to know the Protozoa, Jahn:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Know-Protozo ... oks&sr=1-1
How to know the Freshwater Algae, Prescott:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Know-Freshwa ... oks&sr=1-1
Pictorial Atlas of Soil and Seed Fungi, Watanabe:
https://www.amazon.com/PICTORIAL-ATLAS- ... oks&sr=1-2
Identification of bacteria and yeast generally take biochemical methods at a minimum, so a pictorial-only atlas is of little use.
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:13 pm
by daruosha
Is there free to download book which is well known and used by the community?
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:48 pm
by 75RR
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You should dig through the
Resources (online, books etc.) section, plenty of interesting info there
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Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:14 pm
by mich123
thanks!
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 8:11 pm
by Sabatini
75RR
Thanks you!
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 2:05 pm
by Adam Long
Than a book?
Posting a video on a forum or facebook group is usually a quicker route.
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:30 pm
by DonSchaeffer
Check out the Microbe Hunter Wikki. There is at least one good publication in PBF form.
viewtopic.php?f=29&p=105975#p105975
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:34 pm
by Wes
Nice compilation. I just checked out Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa, a Color Guide by Patterson as a pdf, not bad at all.
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:58 pm
by tlansing
Here's another book that is free as a pdf that has beautiful photos of a wide range of organisms. I find it very useful for identification and just admiring the fantastic photos.
http://www.wfoissner.at/data_prot/Kreut ... _1-267.pdf
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:47 pm
by einman
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:48 pm
by einman
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:49 pm
by einman
Hmmm..pics could have been better, but you can see some of the books mentioned.
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:55 pm
by einman
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:33 pm
by 75RR
einman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:49 pm
Hmmm..pics could have been better, but you can see some of the books mentioned.
You can, mostly, however the ring-binded books are intriguing ...
Re: Good Book for Microbe Identification?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 5:23 pm
by einman
It's an older photo as I re-arranged the books on a regular basis. One was a book on microscopy and another was Aquatic beetles. I hope to finally begin spending quality time in my lab if I retire next year. Then I can participate more in the forums and maybe even finally make that trip to visit Apochronaut.LOL.
