General Index WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGYMössbauer spectroscopy, 2:525
Most probable number method, 1:156
Motility, 1:52, 1:249, 2:473
See alsoBacterial movement
Mouth. SeeMicrobial flora of the oral cavity, dental caries
mRNA. SeeMessenger RNA
MRSA. SeeMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Mucor,2:394
Mucus-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), 1:290
Muller, Erwin Wilhelm, 1:180
Muller, Hermann Joseph, 2:652
Mullis, Kary, 2:658
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), 2:556
Multiplex PCR, 1:240–241
Mumps, 2:402–403
Mumps virus, 2:402
Murchison meteorite, 2:403
Murein. SeePeptidoglycan
Murine typhus, 2:560
Murray, Andrew W., 2:658
Murray, Robert, 2:403–404,2:478
Mushrooms, 1:57, 1:117, 1:232
Mutants: enhanced tolerance or sensitivity to temperature and pH ranges,
2:404–405,2:433
Mutations and mutagenesis, 1:207, 2:384, 2:405–406
chemical mutagenesis, 1:114–115
hemagglutinin(HA) and neuraminidase (NA), 1:262–263
immunogenetics, 1:28, 1:299–300
mutants: enhanced tolerance or sensitivity to temperature and pH
ranges, 2:404–405, 2:433
oncogene research, 2:415–416
proteins, 1:15
radiation and, 2:477–478
See alsoMicrobial genetics
Mutualism, 2:382, 2:383
Mycelium, 1:230, 1:231, 2:394, 2:406
Mycobacterial infections, atypical, 2:406–407
Mycobacterium avium,1:347
Mycobacterium leprae,1:108, 1:346–348
Mycobacterium tuberculosis,1:123, 2:555, 2:660
Mycology, 2:407–408
See alsoFungal genetics; Fungal infection; Fungi; Fungicides;
Lichens; Mold; Yeast
Mycoplasma,1:52, 2:576
Mycoplasma fermentans,2:408
Mycoplasma genitalium,2:408, 2:659
Mycoplasma infections, 2:408
Mycoplasma pneumoniae,2:408
Mycorrhizae, 1:57
Mycotoxins, 2:394, 2:395
Myeloma, 1:304
Myoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERFF), 2:393
Mysidacea, 2:616
Myxobacteria, 1:249
Myxoma virus, 2:507
Myxomycota, 2:518N
N protein, 2:433
Nageli, Carl Wilhelm von, 1:255
“Naked” DNA, 1:10
National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR), 2:660National Electronic Data Surveillance System (NEDSS), 1:79
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), 2:660
National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program (NPS), 1:78
Natural resistance, 1:47
Natural selection, 1:208, 2:506–507
NCHGR. SeeNational Center for Human Genome Research
Necrotizing enterocolitis, 1:188
Necrotizing fasciitis, 2:534
NEDSS. SeeNational Electronic Data Surveillance System
Negative staining, 1:181
Neisser, Albert, 1:251
Neiserria,eye infections, 1:213
Neiserria gonorrheae,1:48
Neisseria meningitides,1:22, 1:195
Nematodes, 2:423
Nereocystis leutkeana,1:323
Neuberg, Carl, 2:651
Neuraminidase (NA), 1:263
Neuroritinitis, 1:212
Neurospora,2:409–410
Neurospora crassa,1:230, 2:409, 2:541
Neurotoxins
Clostridium tetani,2:543
Pyrrophyta, 2:470
Neurotransmitters, 1:16
Neva, Franklin Allen, 2:424, 2:597
NHGRI. SeeNational Human Genome Research Institute
Nicolle, Charles-Jean-Henri, 2:402
Nicolson, G.L., 2:373
Nikaido, Hiroshi, 2:447
Nirenberg, Marshall Warren, 1:141, 1:238, 2:656, 2:657
Nisser, Albert, 2:649
Nitrate, 2:410, 2:411
Nitrifying bacteria, 1:115
Nitrobacter,1:115, 2:411
Nitrogen cycle in microorganisms, 2:410–411
Azotobacter,1:41
biogeochemical cycles, 1:68–69
Nitrogen fixation, Azotobacter,1:41
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 2:410
Nitrogenase, 2:410
Nitrosomonas,1:115, 2:411
Nitzchia occidentalis,2:482
NMR. SeeNuclear magnetic resonance
Noctiluca,1:156
Non-culturable bacteria. SeeViable but non-culturable bacteria
Non-specific immunity. SeeImmunity, active, passive and delayed
Nonsense mutations, 2:405
Nontyphoidal Salmonellainfection, 1:188
Nori, 2:488
North Asian tick typhus, 2:493
Northern blotting, 1:183
Northrop, John N., 1:192, 2:654
Norwalk virus, gastroenteritis, 1:236
Nosocomial infections, 2:411–412,2: 412
Notobiotic animals. SeeAnimal models of infection
Novotny, Ergo, 2: 453
NPS. SeeNational Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 2:524
Nucleic acids, 1:238–240, 2:488
See alsoDNA; RNA
Nuclein, 2:489
Nucleolus, 2:412686•
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