Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Story of Microbiology -- 3 About the Microscope -- 4 Microorganism Groups -- 5 Bacteria -- 6 Fungi -- 7 Algae -- 8 Protozoa -- 9 Virus -- 10 Metabolism of Microbes -- 11 Microbial Control -- 12 Concepts of Microbial Genetics -- 13 Industrial Microbiology -- 14 Immunology - Host Defense Mechanism -- 15 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering -- 16 Environmental Microbiology -- Practical Part-II -- 1 Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory and its Equipments -- 2 Methods of Sterilization -- 3 Nutritional Media and their Preparations -- 4 Microscope- Parts, Principles of Microscopy, Resolving Power and Numerical Aperture -- 5 Viable Count of Bacterial by Serial Dilution Pour Plate Method -- 6 Viable Count of Fungal in Soil by Serial Dilution Pour Plate Method -- 7 Viable Count of Actinomycete in Soil by Serial Dilution Pour Plate Method -- 8 Preparation and Sterilization of Media and other Glasswares -- 9 Study and Isolation of Rhizobium from the Nodules -- 10 Azotobacter Population in Soil by Serial Dilution Pour Plate Method -- 11 Population of Cyanobacteria (Blue Green Algae) in Soil and to Study their Morphological Characteristics -- 12 Study the Association between Azolla and Anabaena azollae -- Glossary -- References.