Contains the only known film records of the phage typing test and the coagulose test. It demonstrates how these tests can be used to trace a strain of staphylococcus back to the source in a human carrier.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322990
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Microbiology
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Nursing - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Bacteriology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communicable diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Infection
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Bacteriology
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)