The new ASTM Standards on Materials and Environmental Microbiology, Fourth Edition, includes all ASTM standards on this topic on one convenient CD-ROM. The work is 75 percent new or revised since the last edition, and it includes microbiology standards from 19 volumes of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

The standards cover:
• Methods to evaluate antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal products;
• Materials such as wood, paper, adhesives, plastics, paints, and packaging;
• Techniques to analyze and identify microorganisms in water, air; and other substrates; and
• Methods to evaluate the effectiveness of biocides in food, cosmetics, and process water.

The documents are divided into the following sections:
• Methodology – general and microscopic,
• Specific microorganisms,
• Human contact and public health,
• Water and food,
• Materials and process protection by preservative or biocide use,
• Microbiological contamination, biodeterioration and biodegradability assessment; and
• Biotechnology and cell biology.

ASTM Standards on Materials and Environmental Microbiology, Fourth Edition (ISBN: -0-8031-4270-6; stock #MIC06), is available for $240 from ASTM Customer Service (phone: 610/832-9585; fax: 610/832-9555; or e-mail: https://www.astm.org/contact/), or online at http://www.astm.org.

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