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GENERAL INDEX 
Meningococcus, types of, 335-337 
Meningococcus-gonococcus group, 328- 
349 
Mercuric chloride, germicidal action of, 
275 
Mesophilic bacteria, 41 
Metabiosis, bacterial, 52 
Metabolism of bacteria, 66-83 
carbon, 70, 74 
influence of carbohydrates on, 70-78 
nitrogen, 69 
quantitative measure of, 79 
significance of, 80 
Metachromatic granules, 28 
Metchnikoff sour milk therapy, 677 
theory of immunity, 128-132 
Methemoglobin produced by pneumo- 
coccus, 320 
Methylene blue, 199 
Micrococcus albus, 293 
aureus, 288-295 
catarrhaUs, 347-349 
cereus flavus, 98, 106 
citreus, 295 
definition of, 33 
. epidermidis albus, 106, 295 
gonorrhcea;, 341-347 
meUtensis, 418-420. See Bacillus 
meUtensis. 
ovalis, 297-300 
dissemination and prophylaxis 
of, 106, 297, 299 
identification of, 299 
cultural, 298 
microscopic, 297 
isolation and culture of, 297 
morphology of, 297 
pathogenesis of, 299 
products of growth of, 298, 299 
tetragenus, 295-297 
dissemination of, 296 
isolation and culture of, 296 
pathogenesis of, 296 
Microcytase, 129, 139 
Microcytes, 129 
Microphages, 129 
Microscopic agglutination, technique of, 
152 
examination of bacteria, 195, 209 
technique, 195-209 
Microspira, 34 
Microsporon furfur, 619 
Micuhcz cells, 400 
Milk, acid produced in, 254 
alkali produced in, 254, 255 
bacteria in, 248, 684 
cellular elements in, 693 
chemistry of bacterial decomposi- 
tion of, 254 
coagulation of, 254 
contamination, sources of, 083 
examination of, 248 
infection and, 687 
litmus, 232 
pasteurization of, 693 
Milk, peptonization by bacteria, 255 
pubUc health and, 689 
Mills-Reincke phenomenon, 113 
Mist bacillus, 505 
Moist heat, effect of, on bacteria, 43, 221, 
273, 274 
Moisture, effect of, on bacteria, 39, 221, 
273, 274 
Molds, general, 607, 615 
pathogenic, 615-622 
Moller spore stain, 199 
Monilia albicans, 627 
Morax-Axenfeld bacillus, 461 
Morgan bacillus, 386 
Moro tuberculin test, 487 
Morvin, 403 
Motility of bacteria, rate of, 37 
Mouth," bacteria of, 101, 106 
Much granules, 468 
Mucor, distribution of, 264 
Mucosus capsulatus group, 107, 398-401 
Mucous membranes, bacteria of, 100-105 
Mummies, bacteria in, 35 
Mumps, 659 
Mutation, 34 
Mycetoma, 614 
Mycomycetes, 615 
Mycoses, 608 
N 
Nanukayami fever, 604 
Nasal secretion bacillus, 504, 505 
Nasopharynx, bacteria in, 100, 106 
Nastin, 500 
Natural immunity, 116 
Needle sterilizer, 235 
Negri bodies, 650, 651 
Neisser polar body stain, 201, 424 
Neurorycetes hydrophobia;, 650 
New tuberculin, Koch, 483 
Nitrate broth, 227 
Nitrifying bacteria, 55, 697 
Nitrobacter, 697 
Nitrogen cycle, 17, 18, 55, 697 
fixing bacteria, 55, 697 
metaboUsm of bacteria, 69, 71 
of bacterial reactions, 69-74 
source for bacteria, 55, 63, 69 
Nocardia, 607, 608 
and actinomyces, 610 
isolation and culture of, 609 
morphology of, 609 
pathology of, 610 
Noguchi cultivation of treponemata, 580 
of rabies organism, 650 
modification of Wassermann reac- 
tion, 161 
Noma, 634, 635 
Non-agglutinable bacteria, 151 
Nose, bacteria of, 100, 106, 266-268 
Nucleic acids in bacteria, 65, 61 
Nucleins in bacteria, 60, 61 
Nucleus of bacteria, 17, 22, 28 
chemical composition of, 60 
