Online resources for students of Microbiology

Microbiology on the World Wide Web

Tip: Check out Microbiology in the News for links to more excellent web sites, and look in the Student Online Learning Center
for links to chapter-related sites.

The "Bad Bug" Book is a handbook from the Food and Drug Administration all about foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.

CELLS Alive!
"Check out this site for unique images of microorganisms that make you sick, and the blood cells that do battle to keep you well. Includes links to sites offering further information on microbiology, infectious diseases and cell biology".

The Curious Microbe: Essays of the Extreme and the Unusual.

Bugs in the News! Lots of information, with pictures on microbiology. Read about cryptosporidium, AIDS and HIV, flu, E. coli, the immune system and lots more.

Microbes in the News - news stories from the popular press related to microbial ecology and microbiology, with added commentary from scientists. Stories are grouped into four categories: Heroic, Dangerous, Ancient and Strange.

The Microbe Zoo is a virtual zoo filled with exotic specimens - arranged in pavilions representing specific microbial habitats.

All the Virology on the Web "All the Virology on the WWW seeks to be the best single site for Virology information on the Internet". They have collected all the virology-related Web sites and created an index to virus pictures on the web, The Big Picture Book of Viruses, which also functions as a resource for viral taxonomy.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) The CDC homepage has recent statistics on human diseases and epidemics.

Emerging Infectious Diseases An online journal by the National Center for Infectious Diseases.

American Society for Microbiology Home Page

The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) "serves as an essential instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other communicable diseases of public health importance".

World Health Organization Home Page
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Home Page

Bug Bytes! is developed and produced by the Louisiana State University Medical Center. "Each biweekly issue of Bug Bytes presents a single problem in infectious diseases, including diagnosis, therapy, or biology of the disease organism".

Malaria Database. A comprehensive information resource for scientists working in malaria research.

AIDS WWW Virtual Library This virtual library page deals with the social, political, and medical aspects of AIDS, HIV, and related issues.

University of Wisconsin Medical Microbiology and Immunology- Mycology Image Library. Images of medically important fungi.

The Medical Mycology Research Center . University of Texas. A site about fungi important to medical, veterinary and environmental mycology along with their descriptions, images, biologic data and susceptibility to various antifungals.

Medical Microbiology & Immunology: Medical Science Resources on the Web. Links to major international health science organizations and a dozen excellent medical microbiology sites.

MICSCAPE - the On-line Microscopy Magazine . Includes images, general articles, popular articles, book reviews, and microscope reviews.

Bioinformatics Servers A catalog of useful Web sites for the Biosciences.

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