INDEX. 



A 



Abb£, 28 



condenser, 184-185 ^ 

 Abilgaabd, 24 



Abortion, contagious, 224, 226, 253 

 Abrin, 239 



Absorption of free nitrogen, 105 

 Accidental carriers, 220 



structures, 40 

 Acetic acid, 88 



fermentation, 29 

 Achorion schoenleinii, 25 

 Acid, acetic, 88 



fermentation, 29 



butyric, 88 



fermentation, 29 



carbolic, first used, 26 



fast bacilli, staining of, 193 

 bacteria, 73 



fermentation, 82 



hydrochloric, 225 



lactic, fermentation, 85-88 



production of, 98 



soils, 70 

 Acquired immunity, 230 

 Actinomyces bovis, 27 

 Actinomycosis, 223 

 Actions, reducing, 101 

 Activating enzymes, 113 

 Active immunity, 230 



production of, 230-232 

 Activities, physiological, definition 

 of, 76 

 in identification, 199 

 Activity, overproduction, of cells, 



235, 236 

 Acute coryza, 223 



disease, 214 

 Aerobe, facultative, 66 

 Aerobes, 66 



Aerobic, 66 



Agar medium, 163-164 



Agent, choice of, for disinfection, 



151-156 

 Agents, physical, for disinfection, 



119-143 

 Agglutinating group, 243 

 Agglutination, 242 



macroscopic, 242 



microscopic, 242 

 Agglutinin, 242 



bacterial, 242 



hema-, 242 

 Agglutinins, 242-245 



anti-, 246 



CO-, 244 



compared with precipitins, 245 



functions of, 243 



normal, 243 



specificity of, 244 



theory of formation of, 242 



use of, 243, 244 

 Agglutinogen, 243 

 Aggressin, 263 

 Aids in isolation of bacteria, 182, 



183 

 Air, bacteria in, 61 



filtration, 141 

 Albumin in bacteria, 73 

 Alcohol as disinfectant, 148 

 Alcoholase, 113 

 AlcohoUc fermentation, 29, 89 

 Alexin, 248 



Algae, relation to bacteria, 34 

 Alimentary tract as channel of 

 ' infection, 225 

 Amboceptor, 250 



hemolytic, 254 



partial, 251 



specific, 254 

 Amboceptorogen, 251 



