Did You Know?: Microbes
Discover interesting facts about bacteria, viruses and other microbes.

Active Learning Centre
Create your own microbiology quiz.

American Society for Microbiology: Careers in the Sciences
Solid and practical information about becoming a microbiologist.

Bacteria: An Introduction
Are all bacteria harmful to us? What roles do they play in our ecosystem? Get the answers to these and other questions about bacteria.

Bacteriophages
Learn about the T4 bacteriophage, a virus that infects and destroys bacteria.

The Bad Bug Book
This online book lists a variety of, "foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins."

Biology of Microorganisms
"This on-line study guide is a companion to the text Biology of Microorganisms."

Bugs in the News: What the Heck is an E.coli?
Find out about the organism behind the Hudson beef scare.

Cells Alive!
This site is an excellent demonstration of cells. It contains animated gifs and quicktime movies of various "cells in action." The graphics are too cool!

Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy
Dennis Kunkel, an award winning photographer, aims to study the microscopic world of microorganisms and biology with light and electron microscopes. View electron micrographs of many different species of bacteria.

Fungi and Human Disease
List of fungal infections of the human body.

Hot Toads! MicroCam
View microscopic slide images of various botanical substances. If you think you can identify an image, submit your guess and find out if you're right.

Introduction to Fungi
Information about fungal ecology, morphology, systematics and fossil history.

Introduction to Microscopy and Photography
Great resource for students and educators interested in optical microscopy and photography.

Microbe Zoo
Are there microbes on Mars?

Microbiology Lab Manual
Developed by Dr. Gary E. Kaiser, this manual contains a "complete set of color photographs and photomicrographs of the results for each laboratory exercise."

Micscape
On-line microscopy magazine that explores the "miniature world."

Nanoworld
Take the "What is it?" quiz. Identify the highly magnified biological images.

Skin and Eye Diseases
Contains information on bacterial and viral infections of the human skin and eyes.

Stalking the Mysterious Microbe
Learning about microbes and microbiology has never been so much fun for kids. You can try your hand at solving microbe mysteries or read about microbes in the news.

SPI Supplies Division of Structure Probe, Inc.
Need microscope laboratory supplies or equipment? This site contains a wide variety of microscopy products.