The book on Culture Media, Stains and Reagents was compiled to facilitate the students, teachers and researchers of Microbiology for their laboratory work. This book is divided into chapters on Media for bacteria, fungi, Actinomycetes, algae, stains, reagents and buffers for easy reference of the user. The material of this book is the outcome of three decades of research experience of the author, both as a Scientist and Research Guide for University Scholars. Several standard source books were referred for the preparation of this manuscript. A treatise on microbiological media is the efforts...

Soil Microbiology is a new branch of soil science. There are very few books dealing with practical aspects of soil microbiology. This book aims at presenting the methodologies of soil microbial activities which have direct and indirect effects on the growth and the yield of crops. The main objective in compilation of this manual is to highlight the beneficial soil microorganisms used as bio-fertilizers. The most significant of them are Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Rhizobium and VA mycorrhiza. This book contains assay of soil enzymes too. This book will be useful to...