CONTENTS. 



SECTION I.-GENERAL BACTERIOLOGY. 



INTRODUCTION. THE DEVELOPMENT AND SCOPE OF 

 BACTERIOLOGY. 



CHAPTER I. 

 THE MORPHOLOGY OF BACTERIA. 



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Normal and Abnormal Forms Size and Weight Structure and Con- 

 stituents of the Bacterial Cell -Reproduction and Cell Division 

 Cell Grouping, Classification, and Mutation 17-35 



CHAPTER II. 



THE PHYSIOLOGY OF BACTERIA AND THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

 INFLUENCES. 



Rate of Reproduction Motility Germination of Spores Longevity 

 Effects of Moisture, Oxygen, Temperature, Light and Electricity, 

 Gravity, Osmotic Pressure Production of Enzymes, Toxins, Pto- 

 maines and Pigments Symbiosis, Antibiosis, Commensalism . . 36-55 



CHAPTER III. 



THE CHEMISTRY OF BACTERIA. 



Chemical Constitution of Bacteria and Composition of Morphological 

 Components of Bacterial Cell Food Relationships of Bacteria, 

 Bacterial Nutrition 56-67 



CHAPTER IV. 

 BACTERIAL METABOLISM. 



The Nature of Bacterial Metabolism Nitrogen Metabolism, Carbon 

 Metabolism Reactions of Bacterial Metabolism Significance of 

 Bacterial Metabolism Putrefaction and Fermentation . 68-83 



