*  bacteriological techniques
  *  bacterial typing techniques
  *  bacteriophage typing
  *  ribotyping
  *  serotyping
  *  limulus test
  *  colony count, microbial
  *  microbial sensitivity tests
  *  serum bactericidal test
  *  mycological typing techniques
  *  serial passage
  *  viral load
  *  virus cultivation
  *  plaque assay
  *  virus inactivation
  *  xenodiagnosis