582 
Bacillus anthracis, isolation from water, 
322 
— colon index, 314 
—-— test in water analysis, 299 
— diphtherie in milk, 414 
——~ dysenteriz, isolation from water, 320 
— enteritidis m water, 297 
— tuberculosis in feces, 258 
— — — milk, 412 
—— — water, 323 
— typhosus in butter, 426 
——— cream, 437 
— — — feces, 254 
— — isolation from water, 317 
— — —, Carnot and Ealle’s method, 256 
———, Holt-Harris-Teague method, 
255 
— —-—, Kendall and Day’s method, 255 
— —-—, Lumsden and Stimson’s meth- 
od, 254 
-—_——-—~, Morishama and Teague’s 
method, 257 
—~-— —, Teague and Clurman’s method, 
257 
-— ~~, longevity in water, 343 
Bacteria and hfe, 233 
—, Eberle-Klein method, 248 
~~ in baked bread, 224 
—~--— cream and cream ripening, 423 
—~—— egg white, 459 
——— yolk, 459 
— — feces, 238 
—--— fresh eggs, 460 
-—— — self-rising bread, 223 
—— the stomach, 230 
~~, MacNeal’s procedure for Winterberg 
method, 247 
—, Matill and Hawk’s procedure, 252 
—, Steel’s modification of the Strass- 
burger method, 250 
Bacterial count in milk, significance, 385 
—~-—-— water analysis, 290 
— examination of butter, 423 
— —~— — eggs, 463 
——— ice, 337 
——-— milk, 375 
-—~ groups in ice cream, 435 
——-—— raw and pasteurized milk, 417 
-—- vs. chemical examination of water, 271 
INDEX 
Bacteriological specimens, transporta~- 
tion, 577 
Bacteriology of butter, 423 
— — cheddar cheese, 429 
— — ice, 336 
Balaz’s test for boiled milk, 373 
Barn conditions in milk production, 377 
Barsiekow’s medium, 59 
Baskets, various types of, 7, 8 
Bean agar, 50 
Beattie’s method for anaerobic bacteria, 
22 
Beer wort, 57 
Beijerinck’s medium for nitrate reduc- 
tion, 67 
Benedict’s method for estimation of 
dextrose, 197 
—— — reducing sugars, 196 
Benzoic acid, detection in milk, 371 
Bergey’s method for typhoid bacilli in 
butter, 426 
Besson’s method for tubercle bacilli in 
milk, 413 
Bile, germicidal action, 234 
— salt broth, 46 
Biochemical oxygen demand of sewage, 
390 
Bismuth compounds in disinfection, 135 
Blanching, 507 
Blood agar, 69 
——-~—, alkaline, 70 
—- — for streptococci, 69 
— films, staining, 87 
— serum, 69 
Boiling in sterilization, 126 
Boric acid in disinfection, 139 
——— — milk, determination, 371 
Béttcher’s counting chamber, 10 
—— moist chamber, 76 
Botulism, 533 
Bread making, 222 
—— medium, 59 
Breeu’s capillary pipettes, 397 
Breed smears in milk analysis, 397 
Bromine as a disinfectant, 134 
—~ reaction for tryptophane, 192 
—~ water test for skatol, 247 
Brown’s fermentation tube, 1 
Buchner’s anaerobic methods, 17 
