Index 



435 



Photosynthesis, 274 

 Phthiriis pubis, 355 

 Phycomycetes, o61 

 Physical 



methods of steriHzation, 69 

 properties of media, 60, 79 

 Physiology 



definition of, 130 



methods of stiidv, 130-135 

 Phytophagineae, 403 

 Pigment production, 178, 179 

 Plague, 344, 354 

 Plant kingdom, 53 

 Plants vs. animals, 19, 51 

 Plaques of bacteriophage, 401 

 Plate counts of bacteria, 147-153 

 Platelets, 408 



Pneumonia, see Diplococcus pneu- 

 moniae 



characteristics of, 328-330 



typing of capsules, 98, 99 



yeasts as a cause of, 377 

 Pneumotropic viruses, 394 

 Poliomyelitis, 326 



Polysaccharides in pneumococci, 329 

 Portals of entry for microbes, 297 

 Porter, J. R., 139, 154 

 Postulates of Koch, 38, 125 

 Potentiometers, 67 

 Pouchet, F.-A., 28 

 Precipitinogens, 315 

 Precipitins, 315 

 Pregnancy and rh, 414 

 Prerequisites for a good medium, 57- 



79 

 Pressure 



effect of mechanical on bacteria, 

 163-165 



osmotic, 165 

 Presumptive test in water analysis, 



236, 237 

 Priestley, J., 28 

 Primary infection, 300 

 Prostitutes, 334, 335, 346 

 Proteus, 104 



flagella as shown by shadowing 

 technic, 104 



in food, 291 



in urea test, 135 



OX-19, 389 



OX-2, 389 



OX-K, 389 



Proteus, vulgaris, 110, 123 

 Protoplasm, 93, 154 

 Pseudo yeasts, 370 

 Pseudomonas 



aeruginosa, 178 



in petroleum, 275 

 Pseudomycetes, 359 

 Psychrophiles, 159 

 Ptomaine poisoning, 278 

 Puerperal fever, 332-333 

 Pulmonary tuberculosis, 338 

 Pure cultures, 45, 118-136 

 Purified protein derivative, 319 

 Pus, 284, 309 

 Putrefaction, 188 

 Pyelitis, 333 

 Pyrogens, 186 

 Pythogenic theory of disease, 297 



"Q" fever, 381, 384, 387, 388 

 Quarantine, 316-318 

 Quellung reaction, 330 



Rabinowitsch, 175 

 Rabulaceae, 404 

 Radiations 



Roentgen, 169 



sunlight, 168, 169 



X rays, 169 

 Radioactive elements, 169, 170 

 Range of pH indicators, 68 

 Rays, alpha, beta, gamma, 169 

 Red Cross blood donor program 327 

 Redi, F., 22 

 Reed, 349, 393 



Refrigeration temperature, 285 

 Relapsing fever, 354 

 Relief staining. 111 

 Reproduction of bacteria, 84-86 

 Reservoirs, 223-228 

 Respiration 



aerobic, 63 



anaerobic, 63 

 Rettger, L. F., 140, 175, 256 

 Reyniers, 264 

 Rheumatic fever, 332 

 Rh factor, 413-415 

 Rhizohium, 270-272 

 Rhizopus, 359 

 Rhodotorulaceae, 376 

 Ricketts, H. T., 378, 379 



