This module includes the following topics:

• Correct sampling  to ensure maximum recovery of obligate anaerobic bacteria
• Incubation systems used to culture obligate anaerobic bacteria
• Identification of anaerobic bacteria using cultural characteristics, antimicrobial sensitivity tests, commercial test systems and gas chromatography
• Identification of the toxin types of Clostridium species

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

• Introduction
• Identification of aerobic, facultative anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria
• Identification of fungi
• Identification of Mycoplasmas.