population, 142
positive (+) single-strand
(+ssRNA), 243
positive (+) strand, 0
positive stain, 62 , 0
potato tuber spindle disease, 261
primary amoebic
meningoencephalitis (PAM), 191
primary cell culture, 252 , 0
primary stain, 63 , 0
prion, 263 , 0
prions, 28
progeny virus, 239 , 0
proglottid, 204 , 0
prokaryote, 15 , 0
prokaryotes, 139 , 140 , 163
prokaryotic cell, 0
prokaryotic cells, 92
properties of light, 34
prophage, 240 , 0
Propionibacterium, 165
Proteobacteria, 145 , 147 , 154 , 156 ,
160 , 0
Proteus, 154
Protist, 22
protist, 0
protist conjugation, 186
protists, 185
Protozoa, 23
protozoan, 0
protozoans, 185
protozoology, 26 , 0
provirus, 244 , 0
Prusiner, 263
Pseudo-nitzschia, 220
pseudohypha, 208
pseudohyphae, 0
Pseudomonas, 151
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 108 , 111
pseudomurein, 174
pseudopeptidoglycan, 174
pseudopodia, 122 , 0 , 187 , 191
purple nonsulfur bacteria, 161 , 0
purple sulfur bacteria, 161 , 0
pyrenoids, 218 , 0
Q
quantum tunneling, 57R
R. rickettsii, 147
rat-bite fever, 111
Receptor-mediated endocytosis,
128
receptor-mediated endocytosis, 0
red algae, 221
red tide, 219 , 0
Redi, 80
Reflection, 34
reflection, 0
refraction, 35 , 0
refractive index, 36 , 0
regulated secretory pathways, 120
Remak, 85
resident microbiota, 143 , 0
resolution, 39 , 0
respiration, 125
retrovirus, 244 , 0
reverse transcriptase, 244 , 0
reverse transcriptase-polymerase
chain reaction, 239
Reverse transcriptase-polymerase
chain reaction, 258
Reverse zoonoses, 232
rheostat, 45 , 0
rheumatic fever, 110
Rhizaria, 187
rhizines, 223 , 0
Rhizobium, 141 , 149
Rhizopus stolonifer, 212
Rhodococcus, 165
Rhodocyclus, 163
Rhodophyta, 221
Rhodospirillum, 161
ribosome, 0
ribosomes, 92 , 117
Rickettsia, 145 , 147
ringworm, 184 , 213 , 224
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
(RdRP), 243
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 147
rogue form, 0rose bengal, 63
rough endoplasmic reticulum, 0
rough endoplasmic reticulum
(RER), 119
roundworms, 200
runs, 111
runs (running), 0
rusts, 211S
S-layer, 108 , 0
Sabouraud’s agar, 224
Saccharomyces, 213
safranin, 63 , 68
Salmonella, 153
salmonellosis, 153
saprozoic, 187 , 0
satellite RNA, 262
scanning electron microscope
(SEM), 53 , 0
scanning probe microscope, 57 , 0
scanning tunneling microscope, 57 ,
0
scarlet fever, 110
Schaeffer-Fulton method, 68
Schimper, 86
Schistosoma, 201
Schistosomiasis, 201
schizogony, 186 , 193 , 0
Schleiden, 84
Schwann, 85
scolex, 204 , 0
scrapie, 264
secretory vesicle, 0
secretory vesicles, 120
Semmelweis, 88
septate hyphae, 207 , 0
serotype, 0
serotypes, 153
serovars, 153
Serratia, 154
sex pilus, 109 , 0
sheath, 235 , 0
Shewanella, 139
Shiga toxin, 153
Shigella, 154
shingles, 246Index 281