Essential Microbiology for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencePharmaceutical microbiology is a fundamentally different subject from clinical or biomedical microbiology. Whilst it has at its heart the science of microbiology and requires a full understanding of microbial structure and function, the applications are unique to the subject and include topics such as the manufacture of microbiologically sterile medicines, their subsequent protection against microbial contamination and spoilage, detection of hazardous