870 



INDEX 



Bacterium murisepticum, 779 



pasteurianum, 78 



pertussis, 573 



pestis, 503, 562, 669, 670, 673, 

 675. 718, 771. 776 



phosphoreum, 215 



pneumoniae, 102 



pruni, (Seeips.). 



pseudodiphtherias, 227, 707 



puilorum, 754 



rhusiopathiae suis, 778 



savastanoi, 608 



teutlium, 626 



tuberculosis, 78, 99, 100, 385, 403, 

 503, 582, 584, 663, 665, 671, 

 672, 678,, 685, 694, 747, 779 



tumefaciens, (See ps.). 



ureae, 279 



vermif orme, 7^ 



viride, 88 



welchii, 500, 501, 503, 660, 663 



xylinum, 539, 540 

 Balantidium coli, 844 

 Barber's itch, 726 

 Bartonella bacilliformis, 841 

 Basal grain, 25 



stem rot of potatoes, 619 

 Basidio mycetes, 39 

 Basidium, 39 

 Beer, after-treatment of, 528 



bacteria of, 526 



brewing of, 525 



composition of, 524 



diseases of, 529 



enzymes of, 525 



fermentation of, 527 



grains used in, 524 



kinds of, 524 



malting, 525 



raw materials of, 524 



wort, 525 



yeasts of, 524 

 Beef, dried, 456 

 Beet, sugar, tuberculosis, 611 

 Beggi9,toa alba, 91, 112 

 Benzoic acid as preservative, 486 



Binary division, 125 

 Binuclearity of cells, 18 

 Biological factors influencing origin 

 and formation of soil, 354 



relations of nitrogen-fixation, 339 

 Bitter milk, 398 

 Black leg of potatoes, 619 

 vaccine, 565 



rot of cabbage, 617 

 Blepharoplast; 25 

 Blight of alfalfa, 590 



of beans (bacteriosis), 592 



clovers, 601 



lettuce, 593 



mulberry, 594 



oats (blade), 595 



pear, 597 



peas, 595 



tomato, 602 



walnut, 602 

 Blood-forming organs, action of 



microorganisms on, 681 

 Bodo ovatus, 307 

 Boils, 741 



Boric acid as preservative, 484 

 Botryomyces equi, 773 

 Botryomycosis, 733 

 Botrytis cinerea, 507, 508 

 Brandy, 533 

 Bread, 552, 553 



bacteria of, 552, 553 



dough of, 552, 553 



fermentation, 552 



French, 553 



leavened, 553 



salt rising, 553 



sponge for, 553 



yeasts of, 552 

 Brown rot of orchids, 621 

 Bryodrilus ehlersi, 89 

 Bubonic plague, 776 



vaccine, 574 

 Budding, 27 



Bud rot of cocoanut, 620 

 Butter, canned, 441 



decomposition of, 417 



