Microbiology and Immunology

General Index WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

antiviral drugs, 1:33

bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC), 1:48–49

base pairing, 2: 490

Berg, Paul, 1:60–62

Brenner, Sydney, 1:86–87

Cech, Thomas R., 1:101–102

cell cycle and cell division, 1:103–105

chips and microarrays, 1:164

conjugation, 1:133

double helix, 1:162, 1: 162

episomes, plasmids, insertion sequences, and transposons, 1:200

eukaryotes, 1:120–122, 1:204

genetic code, 1:238–240

hybridization, 1:165

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), 2:544

life, origin of, 1:349–351

luciferase reaction, 1:73

lysogeny, 1:356–357

Miller-Urey experiment, 2:389–390, 2:403

mitochondrial DNA, 2:393

“naked” DNA, 1:10

nucleus, 2:412

origin of life, 1:351

phenotype and phenotypic variation, 2:435

plasmids, 1:200, 2:442–443

polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 2:446–447

protein crystallography, 2:452

proteins and enzymes, 2:455–457

radiation-resistant bacteria, 2:478–479

recombinant DNA, 1:60–62, 1:230, 2:480–481

recombination, 2:481

replication, 1: 163

restriction enzymes, 2:485

retroposons and transposable elements, 2:485–486

shotgun cloning, 1:49, 1:242, 2:515

taq enzyme, 2:540,2:540–541

transcription, 2:548–549

transduction, 2:439

transformation, 2:549–550

transposable elements, 2:485–486

transposition, 2:554

transposons, 2:554

Watson, James D., 1:114, 1:138, 2:594–595,2: 595

See alsoMolecular biology and molecular genetics; Mutations

and mutagenesis; Polymerase chain reaction

DNA chips and microarrays, 1:164,2:446–447, 2:458

DNA fingerprinting, 1:175, 2:658

DNA hybridization, 1:165

cloning, 1:124

plasmids, 1:200, 2:442–443

polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 2:446–447

taq enzyme, 2:540–541

transgenics, 2:550–551

DNA phages, 1:55

DNA polymerase, 1:108, 2:540

Dobzhansky, Theodosius, 2:653

Dochez, Alphonse, 1:337

Dodge, Bernard O., 2:652

Doering, William E., 2:602

Dogs, viral infections of, 2:575

Domagk, Gerhard, 1:116, 2:535

Domoic acid, 2:482

Donnan equilibrium, 1:165–166

Donnan, Frederick George, 1:165

Doolittle, W. Ford, 1:166

DOT. SeeDirectly Observed Therapy

Double helix, 1:162, 1: 162

Down syndrome, 1:121

Downy mildew, 2:461

Drinking water

water pollution and purification, 2:591–592

water quality, 2:592–594

Dropping pipette, 2:439

Dry heat sterilization, 2:532

Dry rot, 1:232

du Bois-Reymond, Emil, 1:73

Dubos, René, 1:116, 1:166–168

Duclaux, Pierre, 2:649

Duggar, Benjamin Minge, 1:116

Dulbecco, Renato, 1:56, 2:655, 2:657

Dust mite, allergies, 1:11

Dutrochet, René-Joachim-Henri, 2:646

Dyes

acridine orange, 1:2–3, 1:24

fluorescent dyes, 1:222

See alsoBiochemical analysis; Laboratory techniques in

immunology; Laboratory techniques in microbiology

Dysentery, 1:168–170,1: 169

amebic dysentery, 1:11–12, 1:169, 1:186–187, 1:248–249, 2:423,

2:462

bacillary dysentery, 1:168, 2:514

Entamoeba histolytica,1:169, 1:186–187

Shigella dysenteriae,1:168, 2:514–515

E

E. coli. See Escherichia coli

Ear infections

chronic, 1:172

Ebola hemorrhagic fever, 1:263

Ebola virus, 1:81, 1:81,1:172–173,1:173,1:264, 2:585, 2:657

Ecology of the oral cavity. SeeMicrobial flora of the oral cavity

Ecology of the stomach and gastrointestinal tract. SeeMicrobial flora of

the stomach and gastrointestinal tract

Economic uses and benefits of microorganisms, 1:174–175

biodegradable substances, 1:66–67

bioremediation, 1:73–74

chemical mutagenesis, 1:114–115

composting, 1:132–133

fermentation, 1:217–218

genetic engineering, 1:75

kelp, 1:323–324

lactic acid bacteria, 1:336

luminescent bacteria, 1:354

marine microbiology, 2:366

petroleum microbiology, 2:431–432

radioisotopes, 2:479–480

Rhodophyta, 2:488

wastewater treatment, 2:590

wine making, 2:599–601

See alsoBiotechnology

EcoRI, 2:485

Edelman, Gerald M., 1:29, 1:175–176,2:391

EGF. SeeEpidermal growth factor

Egregia menziesii,1:323

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