430 



Index 



Escherichia coli, size of, 172 

 Eubacteriales, 56 

 Eumycetes, 359 

 Exotoxins, 180 



vs. endotoxins, 182 

 Extracellular enzymes, 62, 183 



Faber, G., 8 



Facultative parasites, 61 



False yeasts, 370 



Fatigue in resistance, 306 



F.D.A. method of testing disinfectants, 



211, 212 

 Fermentation 



descriptive chart for, 127 



Pasteur-von Liebig controversy, 35 



theories concerning, 32-36 

 Ferris, D. H., 259 

 Fertile eggs, 382 

 Fibrinolysin, 185, 331 

 Filariasis, 353 

 Filter 



paper discs, 210, 211 



rapid sand, 229 



slow sand, 228 



trickling, 245 

 Filtration 



by Berkefeld, 77 



by Chamberland, 76 



by Seitz, 77 



by sintered glass, 77, 78 



picture of candles used for, 76 



rapid sand, 229 



slow sand, 228 

 Fingers in spread of disease, 298 

 Finlav, 349 

 Flagella, 2, 54, 95, 103-106 



electronograph of, 104 



stains, 115 

 Fleas and disease, 354 

 Fleming, A., 191, 192 

 Flies 



in spread of disease, 298 



vectors of disease, 349-352 

 Florev, 191, 192 

 Flosdorf, 157 

 Fluorine 



as a disinfectant, 204 



in water supplies, 216, 217 

 Fomites, 298 

 Food 



for microbes, 59, 61-64 



Food, in spread of disease, 298, 299 

 Food poisoning 

 botuhsm, 288-290 

 canned goods, cause of, 279 

 chemical, 291, 292 

 from plants and animals, 292 

 milk and dairy products, 280 

 prevention, 292, 293 

 problem of, 277-279 

 ptomaine, 278 



Sahnonella infection, 287, 288 

 staphylococcal, 284—287 

 streptococcal, 290, 291 

 symptoms of, 333 

 Foot and mouth disease, 394 

 Fracastorius, 37 

 Frazier, W. C, 99, 244, 246 

 Fred and Lohnis, 86 

 Freezing and thawing effect, 155-157 

 French Academy of Science, 25, 28, 



32 

 Frobisher, M., 26, 40 

 Froesch, 393 

 Fumigants, 206, 207 

 Fungi 



molds, 358-368 



classification of, 358, 359 

 diseases caused by, 365-368 

 economic importance, 363 

 industrial appHcations, 363 

 morphology of, 359-361 

 natural distribution, 363 

 soil fertihty influenced by, 363 

 spoilage caused by, 363 

 structures of, 360 

 yeasts, 369-377 



classification of, 370-371 

 distribution in nature, 374 

 economic importance of, 374-376 

 morphology of, 371-374 

 pathogenicity, 376 

 spoilage caused by, 376 

 Fungicide, 197 

 Fungi imperfecti, 359-361 

 Fungus diseases, 365-368 

 Fusiform bacteria, 92 



Gaffky, 46 

 Gahleo, 8 

 Gamma 



hemolysis, 184 



rays, 169 



