CONTENTS 



PART I 

 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND TECHNIC 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 15 



CHAPTER I. CLASSIFICATION, STRUCTURE, AND REPRO- 

 DUCTION 17 



" II. ORIGIN, LIFE, GROWTH, AND PROPERTIES.. 22 



" III. METHODS OF EXAMINATION 26 



" IV. STAINING OF BACTERIA 30 



" V. GENERAL METHOD OF STAINING SPECIMENS.. 36 



" VI. SPECIAL METHODS OF STAINING 40 



" VII. METHODS OF CULTURE 44 



" VIII. NUTRIENT MEDIA 49 



" IX. SOLID TRANSPARENT MEDIA 53 



" X. INOCULATION OF GELATIN AND AGAR 62 



" XL GROWTH AND APPEARANCES OF COLONIES.. 68 



" XII. CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA 71 



" XIII. INFECTION 75 



" XIV. IMMUNITY 78 



" XV. ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS 84 



" XVL OPSONIC TECHNIC. . 87 



PART II 



SPECIAL BACTERIOLOGY 



CHAPTER XVII. NON-PATHOGENIC BACTERIA 91 



Bacillus Prodigiosus 91 



Indicus 92 



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