Links to Web Sites of Interest in Microbiology

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Jacquelyn Black:  Microbiology:  Principles and Explorations Textbook for General Microbiology (BIOL 230) includes student site.
Delhi College Library Library Home Page -- takes you to search the college catalog, online data bases, etc.
Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta
  1. In the News
  2. MMWR
  3. Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases 
  4. Fact Sheets on Many Diseases
  5. Hoaxes and Rumors
  6. Center for Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
U.S. Government Source of information on diseases.
  1. News Briefs
  2. Weekly report of spread of disease in the U.S.
  3. A journal with scientific articles on new (emerging) and re-emergent diseases. The most recent issue (Vol. 7 No. 4) is deticated to articles on West Nile Virus.
  4. Disease fact sheets.
  5. Factual reports on hoaxes and rumors.
  6. Information on bacterial and fungal diseases.
New York State Department of Health  
FDA Center For Food Safety and Applied Nutrition FDA -- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Foodborne Illnesses -- 
  1. Bad Bug Book
  2. Factors Affecting Microbial Growth in Foods
  3. Epidemiology Summary Table
  4. Botulism
  5. FightBAC
  6. National Restaurant Association
  7. Foodnet
  8. Food Safety at Iowa State U.
  9. Food Related Illness and Death in the US
Foodborne Disease Information 
  1. Food and Drug Administration resource book on foodborne illness.
  2. Bad Bug Book Appendix -- Factors Affecting Microbial Growth in Foods
  3. Bad Bug Book Appendix with information on the causes, onset, symptoms, and duration of foodborne illness.
  4. MMWR report on a recent outreak of botulism from Alaska.
  5. A site of the Partnership for Food Safety Education.
  6. National Restaurant Association -- includes links to ServSafe and the International Food Safety Council as well as career links.
  7. Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (CDC).
  8. Iowa State University -- Food Safety.
  9. An article in the Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases -- the synopsis is worth reading.
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service 
  1. http://www.foodsafety.gov/
  2. HACCP
  3. Recall Center
FSIS home page
     
  1. A gateway for government Food Safety  information.
  2. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
  3. Foods that have been recalled -- includes links to information from state governments.
Miscellaneous Sites
  1. Bugs in the News
  2. The Microbe Zoo
  3. MicrobeWorld
  4. Stalking the Mysterious Microbe
  1. Plain language articles on microbes.
  2. Microbes in food and ecology.
  3. A site dedicated to information and education on microbes and their roles. Sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology.
  4. A site intended for K-12 education which is interesting and fun.
WWW Virual Libraries
  1. Fungi
  2. Microbiology and Virology
  3. Beer and Brewing
  4. Epidemiology
A collection of sites with links on many topics; some of interest are listed at the left.
Jacquelyn Black:  Microbiology:  Principles and Explorations General Microbiology Text
 

Revised 8/13/05 by Marsha S. Stock, Ph.D.