Index 



Abbe, 18 

 Abbott, 55 

 Abiogenesis, 27 



theories concerning, 21-32 

 Absolute zero, 157 

 Achromobacter, 275 

 Acid-alcohol, 108 

 Acid-base balance, see pH 

 Acid-fast stain, 112 

 Actinomycetales, 53 

 Activated sludge, 246 

 Acute disease, 299 

 Aedes aegypti, 349, 353, 357 

 Aerobacter aerogenes 



gram stain reaction of, 110 



imvic reactions for, 134 



in water analysis, 132-135 

 Aerobes, 63, 64' 

 Agar 



introduction of, 47, 48 



plate dilution method, 119 

 Age in resistance, 305 

 Agglutinins, 314, 315 

 "^in blood, 409, 410 



in Weil-Felix reaction, 389, 390 



iso, 409 

 Agglutinogens, 409, 410 

 Air, 251-264 



analysis by Pasteur, 29, 30 



bacterial analysis of, 254-257 



composition of, 252 



conditioning, 262 



contamination by sneezing, 258 



Air, electrostatic sampler, 256 



pollution and health, 253, 254 



treatment devices, 262 



vehicle for disease transmission, 

 257-260 

 Alcaligenes viscosus, 99 



in petroleum, 275 

 Alcohol 



as a disinfectant, 205 



production of, 187 

 Alkalinity, 65 



AUodermanijssus sanguineus, 387 

 Alpha hemolysis, 184 

 Alpha rays, 169 

 Alpha streptococci, 290, 331 

 Amboceptor, 184, 185 

 American type culture collection, 157 

 Amphitrichic flagella, 106 

 Amphoteric substances, 68 

 Anaerobes 



discovery of by Pasteur, 35 



facultative, 64 

 Anaphylactic shock, 319 

 Anderson, T. F., 98, 400 

 Angstrom unit, 168, 260, 261 

 Aniline dyes, 107 

 Animalcules, 4, 14, 25 

 Animals 



use of in laboratory, 125 



vs. plants, 19, 51 

 Annulacea, 403 



Anopheles mosquitoes, 349, 357 

 Antagonisms, 189 



425 



