General Index WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGYphotosynthetic microorganisms, 2:437
xanthophylls, 2:605
Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1:39–41,1:114, 1:167, 1:274, 1:337, 2:359,
2:367, 2:382, 2:654
Avihepadnavirus,1:264
Axial filaments, 1:48, 1:52, 2:525
Azidothymidine (AZT), 1:8, 1:116, 1:183
Azotobacter,1:41
AZT, 1:8, 1:116, 1:183B
B cells (B lymphocytes), 1:43,1:288, 1:291, 1:293, 2:539
Epstein-Barr virus, 1:201
immune system, 1:287–288
B lymphocyte deficiency, 1:293
Babesia,2:464, 2:526
Babesiosis, 1:82
BAC. SeeBacterial artificial chromosome
Bacillariophyta, 2:460
Bacillary dysentery, 1:168, 2:514
Bacillus anthracis
anthrax, 1:19–21, 1: 20
biological warfare, 1:70
surface layers, 1:53
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin,1:286
Bacillus stearothermophilus,1:160, 2:405
Bacillus subtilis
colony, 1:129
sporulation, 2:527
thermal death, 2:546
Bacillus thuringiensis,1:43–44,1: 44
Bacon, Roger, 2:644
Bacteremia, 1:44, 1:45
Bacteremic, 1:44–45,2:435
Bacteria
acid-loving bacteria, 1:211
Actinomyces,1:3
adaptation, 1:46–47
aerobes, 1:5
alkaline-loving bacteria, 1:211
anaerobes and anaerobic infection, 1:16–17
appendages, 1:47–48, 1:52, 1:67
asexual generation and reproduction, 1:35–36
attractants and repellents, 1:37
autotrophic bacteria, 1:39, 1:115
Azotobacter,1:41
bacterial kingdoms, 1:51
bioluminescence, 1:72–73, 1:354
Caulobacter crescentus,1:101
chemoautotrophic and chemolithotrophic bacteria, 1:115–116
cloroxybacteria, 2:436
colony and colony formation, 1:129–130
contamination, 1:135–136
coryneform bacteria, 1:136–137, 1:157
Coulter counter, 1:137–138
cryoprotection, 1:141–142
cyanobacteria, 1:82–83
DNA, 1:161
electron transport system, 1:182
Enterobacteriaceae, 1:187–188
environmental contamination, 1:136–137
episomes, plasmids, insertion sequences, and transposons, 1:200Eubacteria, 1:203
evolutionary origin, 1:208–209
extremophiles, 1:211–212
fossilization of bacteria, 1:228
Francisella tularensis,2:557
germ theory of disease, 1:28, 1:246–247, 1:273
gliding bacteria, 1:52, 1:249
growth and division, 1:49–51
Haemophilus,1:257
halophilic bacteria, 1:211
indicator species, 1:308
invasiveness and intracellular infection, 1:315
“iron” bacteria, 1:115, 2:514
lactic acid bacteria, 1:336
Lactobacillus,1:336–337
luminescent bacteria, 1:354
magnetotactic bacteria, 2:360–361
mesophilic bacteria, 1:50, 1:276
methane oxidizing and producing bacteria, 1:101, 2:378–379
microbial flora of the oral cavity, dental caries, 2:379–380
microbial flora of the skin, 2:380
microbial flora of the stomach and gastrointestinal tract,
2:380–381
movement of, 1:52
nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 2:410
nosocomial infection, 2:411–412
Pasteurella,2:426
photosynthetic, 2:436, 2:437
plankton and planktonic bacteria, 2:440–441
plaque, 1:17, 1:67, 2:387, 2:442
probiotics, 2:450
protein export, 2:453–454
protoplasts and spheroplasts, 2:462
Pseudomonas,2:465–466
psychrophilic bacteria, 2:466
purple non-sulfur bacteria, 2:436
radiation-resistant bacteria, 2:478–479, 2:532
Salmonella,2:503–504
sensitivity to temperature and pH ranges, 2:404, 2:433
sheathed bacteria, 2:514
Shigella,2:514–515
spirochetes, 1:48, 1:52, 2:384, 2:385, 2:525–526
staphylococci and staphylococci infections, 2:529–530
streptococci and streptococcal infections, 2:533–535
surface layers, 1:53
thermophilic bacteria, 1:133, 1:211
transposons, 1:126, 1:200, 2:554
ultrastructure, 1:53–54
viable but nonculturable bacteria, 2:577
Bacteria and bacterial infection, 1:45–46,1: 46
See alsoBacteria; Bacterial infection
Bacterial adaptation, 1:46–47
antibiotic resistance, 1:47
biofilms, 1:67–68
heat shock response, 1:261
luminescent bacteria, 1:354
sensitivity to temperature and pH ranges, 2:404–405, 2:433
sporulation, 2:527
viable but nonculturable bacteria, 2:577
Bacterial appendages, 1:47–48
bacterial movement, 1:52
biofilms, 1:67
sheathed bacteria, 2:514664•
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