BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



for their own sustenance, this is believed not to 

 be true in every instance. The functions of the 

 parent cell are said sometimes to go on in the 

 usual way during the process of spore-forma- 

 tion, sufficient of its protoplasm being retained 

 to sustain life and again to renew its activities 

 after the spores have broken through its walls. 



SUMMARY OF CHAPTER III. 



Classification with regard to shape, out- 

 line, etc. 



Definitions of various names descriptive of 

 bacteria. 



Methods of grouping as seen in growing 

 cultures. 



Terms used to designate methods of grouping. 



Bacteria which form spores and those which 

 do not. 



Development of bacteria dependent upon 

 certain conditions. 



Why it is difficult to determine dimensions 

 of bacteria. 



Discovery of Weigert. 



Power of phagocytes and opsonins. 



The discoverers of phagocytes and opsonins. 



Why bacteria sometimes conquer the phago- 

 cytes. 



Methods whereby bacteria multiply. 



Process of spore-formation. 



Definition of protoplasm. 



Wonderful resistive power of spores. 



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