INDEX 



Acidity, bacteria and, 132 



jEcidiomycetes, 32 



Air, bacteria and, 130, 132 ; bacteria 

 in, 138; distribution of disease 

 and, 257 ; molds and, 44-46, 55 



Alcoliol, 221 ; yeasts as source, 88 



Alcoholic beverages, 88 



Alcoholic fermentation, 74, 82, 88 



Altemaria, 41 



American cheese, 50 



Animals, distribution of disease and, 

 246 



Anthrax, 14, 16 



Antiseptic, 283 



Antitoxin, Behring and, 20; diph- 

 theria, 20, 278 



Apparatus for pasteurization of 

 milk, 216 



Appert, canning industry and, 9 



Apple, molds and, 62 



Apple scab, mold on, 41 



Apples, canning of, 199 



Ascomycetes, 32 



Aspergillus, colony of, 39, 40 



Aspergillus spores, 39 



Bacillus, 123 



Bacillus carriers, 260 



Bacon, 162 



BaAeria, 30, 118-294; acidity and, 

 132 ; aerobic, 131 ; air and, 130, 

 132; anaerobic, 131; classifica- 

 tion of, 121; death temperature 

 of, 128; discovery of , 4 ; disease, 

 228-268; effect of growth upon 

 the wholesomeness of food, 221 ; 

 effect upon milk, 204; encourag- 

 ing growth of, in food, 222; fats 

 and, 142; flagella, 121; food 

 feivors and, 149; food ruined 

 by, 152; from the mouth, 137; 



general nature of, 1x8-141; in 

 air, 138; in body, 137; in butter, 

 149 ; in cheese, 149 ; in food, 136, 

 203-227; in milk, 137, 203-220; 

 in soil, 13s; in uncooked food, 

 259; in water, 133; invasion 

 through the mouth, 265; lactic- 

 acid, 205 ; light and, 130 ; means 

 of invasion, 262; moisture and, 

 131 ; multiplication and growth, 

 123; organic substances and, 29; 

 producing vinegar, 151 ; proteids 

 and, 139, 143 ; rapidity of growth, 

 125; results of growth, 139 ; rod- 

 shaped, 123; secretions of, 147 ; 

 shape of, 120; size of, 119; 

 spherical, 122; spiral, 123; spore 

 formation of, 124; spores and, 

 12s; starches and, 142 ; structure 

 of, 119; sugars and, 142; tem- 

 perature and, 127; where found, 

 132 



Bacterial growth upon food, effect 

 of, 144 



Bacterial invasion through the skin, 

 262 



Bacterial poisons in foods, 224-227 



Bacterium, 123 



Banana, mold on, 34 



Beans, canning of, 193 



Bedding and clothing, disinfection, 

 291 



Beef, dried, 162 



Beer, 88; homemade, 114 



Behring and antitoxin,' 20 



Benzoic acid, 178, 181 



Berries, canning of, 199 



Beverages, alcoholic, 88 



Blood poisoning, 228, 263 



Blue mold, 33, 37, S9 



Body, bacteria in, 137, 263 



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