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  Bacteria and Fungi from Fish and Other Aquatic Animals: A Practical Identification Manual, 2nd Edition by Nicky B. Buller December 2014 This second edition of the book Bacteria and Fungi from Fish and Other Aquatic Animals, A Practical Identification Manual details the steps taken to isolate and identify an unknown bacterium. Experienced microbiologists may find some sections basic, but these are included for students and newly graduated microbiologists, or for researchers who are unfamiliar with the techniques of bacteriology, particularly those used in a diagnostic laboratory. In the phenotypic identification section a flow chart directs the microbiologist to the appropriate biochemical identification table required for the identification of the unknown organism. The biochemical identification tables are named according to genus such as Aeromonas and Vibrio, or to Gram reaction and cell shape, or oxidase reaction. In the conventional identification tables, the organisms are listed ...

  Fungal Diseases in Animals: From Infections to Prevention by Arti Gupta, Nagendra Pratap Singh  June 2021 This is a comprehensive discussion of fungal diseases of animals, from infection to prevention Written by leading scholars from around the world with the most recent research available Carefully illustrated with detailed graphs and references for further reading The importance of fungal infections in both human and animals has increased over the last few decades. This book presents an overview of the different categories of fungal infections that can be encountered in animals (including lower vertebrates) originating from environmental sources with or without transmission to humans.  In addition, the endemic infections with indirect transmission from the environment, the zoophilic fungal pathogens with near-direct transmission, the zoonotic fungi that can be directly transmitted from animals to humans, mycotoxicoses and antifungal resistance in animals will also be discussed. Thi...