CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



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CHAPTER 

 CHAPTER 

 CHAPTER 

 CHAPTER 

 CHAPTER 



PART I 

 GENERAL BACTERIOLOGY 



I STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF BACTERIA. ... 21 

 II BIOLOGIC AND CHEMIC ACTIVITIES . . 26 



III INFECTION 30 



IV IMMUNITY 34 



V METHODS OF STUDYING BACTERIA MICROSCOPE 43 



CHAPTER VI METHODS OF STUDYING BACTERIA (CONTINUED), 



SOLUTIONS AND FORMULAS FOR STAINING 47 



CHAPTER VII GENERAL METHOD OF STAINING SPECIMENS 54 



CHAPTER VIII SPECIAL METHODS OF STAINING AND MODIFICA- 

 TIONS ~. 58 



CHAPTER IX CULTIVATION OF BACTERIA 62 



CHAPTER X PREPARATION OF NUTRIENT CULTURE-MEDIA .... 67 



CHAPTER XI INOCULATION OF CULTURE-MEDIA 78 



CHAPTER XII CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA 82 



CHAPTER XIII THE GROWTH AND APPEARANCES OF COLONIES ... 87 



CHAPTER XIV ANIMAL INOCULATION 91 



CHAPTER XV BACTERINS (VACCINES) 95 



PART II 

 SPECIAL BACTERIOLOGY 



CHAPTER XVI SOME COMMON BACTERIA SLIGHTLY PATHOGENIC. 97 



Bacterium Prodigiosum 97 



Bacillus Mesentericus Vulgatus 98 



Bacillus Megaterium 99 



Bacillus Ramosus . . . . 99 



Bacterium Zopfii 100 



Bacillus Subtilis (Hay Bacillus) 100 



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