434 



Index 



Neisseria 



gonorrheae, 90, 334, 335 



intracellular is, 90, 110 



meningiditis, 336 

 Neter, E., 192 

 Neufeld reaction, 330 

 Neurotropic viruses, 394 

 Neutralizing antibodies, 316 

 Newton, I., 12 

 Nigrosine, 108 

 Nitrification, 270, 271 

 Nitrogen cycle, 270-273 

 Nitrogen fixation, 110 

 Nitrogen in bacterial metabolism, 64 

 Nitrosococcus, 271 

 Nitrosomonas, 271 

 Nosopsyllus fasciatus, 354 

 Nucleoplasm, 93 

 Nucleus 



beliefs concerning, 96, 97 



schematic drawing of, 95 

 Nutrient 



agar, see standard nutrient agar 



broth, 127-129 



Occupation and health, 307 

 Odegard, E. J., 379 

 Ogsten, 332 " 

 Ogston, 397 

 Oidia, 362 

 Oldenburg, H., 13 

 Oligodynamic action, 201 

 Opacity standards, 145 

 Open flame sterilization, 75 

 Opsonins, 315 

 Ordal, E. J., 366 

 Orla-Jensen, 54 

 Osier, W., 2 

 Osmophilic, 166 

 Osmosis, 58 



Osmotic pressure, 165-167 

 Osteomyelitis, 333, 352 

 Otitis media, 329 

 Otomycosis, 366 

 Oven sterilization, 74 

 Oxidation, 64, 205, 207 

 Oxygen in bacterial cells, 64 



PABA, 383 

 Paracelsus, T., 23, 24 

 Parasites, 61 

 Pare, 351 



Parentage, disputed, 415-416 

 Pasteur, L., 2, 17, 28, 29, 30-36, 45, 

 48, 186, 282 



anthrax vaccine, development of, 

 340 



exhaustion theory of immunity, 309 



rabies vaccine, development of, 323 



yeast fermentation discoveries, 370 

 Pasteurella 



pestis, 101, 344, 354 



tularensis, 344 

 Pasteur Institute, 31, 36, 45 

 Pasteurization, 34, 141, 142 



definition of, 282 



destruction on viruses, 394 



holding method, 282 



short-time high temperature method, 

 282 

 Pathogenic bacteria, 328-347 



gram negative cocci, 334-336 



gram negative rods, 342-344 



gram positive cocci, 328-334 



gram positive rods, 336-342 



spirals, 345-347 

 Pearl, 138 

 Pedi cuius 



capitis, 389 



corporis, 386 



humanus, 355, 389 

 Penicillium, 191, 362 



notatum, 362 

 Penicylinders, 210 

 Penner, L. R., 351 

 Pepper as a medium, 14, 15 

 Pepys, S., 12 



Periods of microbiological history, 49 

 Periplaneta orientalis, 88 

 Peritonitis, 329 

 Peritrichic flagella, 106 

 Petri dishes, 81 



area of, 151 

 Petroleum, 275, 276 

 pH, 59, 65-69 



dyes for determination of, 67, 68 



measurement of, 67 



of common materials, 69 



ranges of dyes, 68 

 Phage, see bacteriophage 

 Phagocytosis, 284, 309-311 

 Phenol coefficient test, 211, 212 

 Photogenesis, 176-178 

 Photometers, 145 



