Pharmaceutical Microbiology Basic Technology

Author: Li Yumei
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is a textbook designed for students majoring in Pharmacy and Traditional Chinese Medicine in higher vocational colleges. It strives to reflect the characteristics of higher vocational education in both content and form. The arrangement breaks the traditional teaching model and organizes the core content of the textbook around "technical routes." Theoretical knowledge is included to the extent necessary, compiled in the Knowledge section of each chapter to facilitate the cultivation of students' abilities and help them meet the standards of applied technical talents in higher education. The book is divided into 14 chapters. The content includes: common cleaning and dressing techniques; microscopic examination techniques; staining techniques; disinfection and sterilization techniques; inoculation, isolation, culture, and mutation techniques; microbial distribution determination techniques; microbial strain preservation techniques; antibiotic potency determination techniques; in vitro antimicrobial testing techniques for drugs; microbial examination techniques for drugs; inspection and prevention techniques for traditional Chinese medicine; bacterial biochemical testing techniques, common serological test techniques, and the use of common laboratory instruments for microbial experiments. Each chapter is followed by review questions and practical exercises. Formulas for dyes, culture media, and other materials used are also provided. This book can also serve as a textbook for adult education programs such as night schools, vocational colleges, and correspondence courses in medical and pharmaceutical colleges, as well as a reference for other medical and pharmaceutical personnel.