This full-color laboratory manual is designed for major and non- major students taking an introductory level microbiology lab course. Whether your course caters to pre-health professional students, microbiology majors or pre-med students, everything they need for a thorough introduction to the subject of microbiology is right here. The new edition features an entirely new art program and many new or enhanced photographs throughout the book. A total of 24 new exercises have been included in this edition, the majority of which can be found in the sections regarding applied microbiology (environmental microbiology and microbial genetics in particular). Many exercises have been updated to increase readability, to produce better results, and to increase student success. The manual emphasizes content and skills as advised by the American Society for Microbiology in their Laboratory Core Curriculum. The lab experiments, which have been chosen to provide exposure to lab experiences from all areas of microbiology, will allow your students to develop insight into the process of science and experience some of the excitement associated with using a scientific approach to answering questions.