Cover; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; Chapter I. Sources, Handling and Storage of Media and Equipment; Chapter II. Properties of Materials Suitable for the Cultivation and Handling of Micro-organisms; Chapter III. Methods and Equipment for Sterilization of Laboratory Apparatus and Media; Chapter IV. Treatment of Process Air for Deep Culture; Chapter V. Principles and Applications of Laminar-flow Devices; Chapter VI. Safety in the Microbiological Laboratory; Chapter VII. Membrane Filter Techniques in Microbiology.