This module includes the following topics:

• Incubation systems and media used to culture aerobic, facultative anaerobic or microaerophilic bacteria
• Identification of aerobic, facultative anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria by using cultural characteristics, microscopic morphology, staining characteristics and biochemical tests
• Serotyping of members of the Enterobacteriaceae and Pasteurellaceae using commercially available antisera
• Culture and identification of Brucella species using biochemical and serological methods
• Culture of Mycobacterium species and identification using the Ziehl-Neelsen stain, polymerase chain reaction and electrophoresis
• Culture and identification of fish pathogens, especially those that only grow at low temperatures and on specialized media
• Interpretation of results

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The following topics in this module provide more information on applied veterinary bacteriology and mycology:

• Introduction
• Identification of anaerobic bacteria
• Identification of fungi
• Identification of Mycoplasmas.