Microbiology: Web Sites

An association dedicated to research and advancing the field of immunology.

This 100 year old organization is the largest community of scientists interested in the advancement of the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology.

An international community of biologists dedicated to the study of the cell.

Members include researchers, educators and health professionals. The mission of ASM is to promote and advance the microbial sciences.

ASV is dedicated to the advancement and spread of knowledge in the field of virology.

A community of physicians, scientists, and public health experts specializing in infectious diseases.

Provided by The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, this free, online database requires one-time registration.

"The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD) prototype identifies interactions between chemicals and genes in diverse organisms to advance understanding of how environmental chemicals affect human health. CTD integrates and curates gene, sequence, chemical, reference, taxonomic and Gene Ontology data to support your hypotheses about gene-chemical interactions."

EMBL-EBI provides free tools and public data sources for the study of life sciences.

"The Common Fund's Human Microbiome Project (HMP) developed research resources to enable the study of the microbial communities that live in and on our bodies and the roles they play in human health and disease."

National Library of Medicine free tool for finding primers specific to your PCR template.

Find chemical information from authoritative sources.

Funded by the NIH, this is a comprehensive database of biological information of the budding yeast.

Freely accessible, internationally funded protein sequence database.

This Centers for Disease Control & Prevention site contains information on laboratory best practices, guidelines, and standards

Information on hazardous chemicals and occupational diseases.

This website provides information on safe levels of exposure to toxic materials and harmful physical agents and substances.

NIEHS seeks to comprehensively understand the role of environmental factors in human health and disease. In addition to analyzing chemicals in the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the things you touch, environmental health research considers what happens inside your body as chemicals are processed.

Concise information about standard laboratory tests and procedures provided by the American Society for Microbiology.

A division of the US Department of Commerce, NIST provides measurement standards across disciplines.

A database of publications about protocols and methods for experiments.