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INTRODUCTION................. .vii HOW TOUSETHISBOOK......... .ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS............ .xiii ENTRIES Volume 1: A-L....... ...

INTRODUCTION vii • Although microbiology and immunology are fundamen- tally separate areas of biology and medicine, they combine ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY viii • Introduction led to the development of modern, molecularly oriented genetics. Rece ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY ix • Introduction potentially deadly agents. Also, lifestyles change and new opportunitie ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY x • Introduction advances in microbiology and immunology on history, ethics, and society. ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY Introduction xi The editors would like to extend special thanks Dr. Judyth Sassoon for he ...

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Acknowledgments WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY the DNA side showing specific Base Pairing, diagram by Argosy Publishing. ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY Acknowledgments xv Reuters/Archive Photos, Inc. Reproduced by permission.— Mosquito after ...

A 1 • AAbbe, Ernst BBE, ERNST(1840-1905) German optical engineer Ernst Abbe was among the first optical engineers, designing and ...

Acridine orange WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 2 • In this altered hormonal environment, bacteriaplay a role in the develo ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Adenoviruses 3 • can be very useful in, for example, evaluating the effect of an antibacter ...

Adjuvant WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 4 • rodents. This was the first known human virus capable of inducing tumors in an ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Agar and agarose 5 • continuous over a longer time. Secondly, an adjuvant itself can react ...

Agar and agarose WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 6 • contact the surface of the medium, they are able to extract the nutrie ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY AIDS 7 • cific, with a spectrum of components present. Other media are defined, with precis ...