The Introduction to the applied veterinary bacteriology and mycology module includes the following topics:

• Classification of bacteria and fungi
• Bacteria and fungi of public health concern in the laboratory
• Sampling methods, including handling of specimens in the laboratory and the required media and growth conditions for the isolation of bacteria
• Bacteria and fungi of veterinary importance that can be isolated from tissues and organs of domestic and  wild animals
• Purification of bacterial colonies for identification purposes
• Use of different types of microscopes and staining of tissue smears
• Primary identification tests that are used to group bacteria into different categories for further identification
• Antimicrobial sensitivity tests that are available and their application and limitations
• Different bacterial counting methods used in a laboratory and their application

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The following sub-modules are part of the module on applied veterinary bacteriology and mycology:

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