WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY General Index665Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC), 1:48–49,1:242, 2:659
Bacterial epidemics. SeeEpidemics and pandemics; Epidemics, bacterial
Bacterial fossilization. SeeFossilization of bacteria
Bacterial gastroenteritis, 1:236
Bacterial genetics. SeeMicrobial genetics
Bacterial growth and division, 1:49–51,2: 473
agar and agarose, 1:5–7
asexual generation and reproduction, 1:35–36
carbon cycle, 1:101
Coulter counter, 1:137–138
culture, 1:144–145
dilution theory and techniques, 1:156
germ theory of disease, 1:28, 1:246–247, 1:273
growth and growth media, 1:254–255
metabolism, 2:376–377
metal deposition in, 1:228
Petri, Richard Julius, 2:430–431
phospholipids, 2:435
qualitative and quantitative techniques, 2:474–475
respiration, 2:484–485
sporulation, 2:527
sterilization, 2:531–532
synchronous growth, 2:537
See alsoColony and colony formation
Bacterial infection
acne, 1:1–2
anaerobic infection, 1:16–17
animal models of infection, 1:18,1:18–19, 1:18–19
antibiotic resistance, 1:25
antibiotics, 1:24–25
blood borne infections, 1:80–82
botulism, 1:84–85
brucellosis, 1:88–89
bubonic plague, 1:93–95, 1:94,1:188, 1:193–194, 1:195, 1:274
campylobacteriosis, 1:99–100
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1:110–112
cholera, 1:193, 1:196
chronic disease, 1:123–124
diphtheria, 1:157–158
dysentery, 1:168–170
enterobacterial infections, 1:188–189
enterotoxin and exotoxin, 1:189
epidemics, 1:193–196
epidemiology, 1:198–200
Escherichia coliinfection, 1:171, 1:201–202
eye infections, 1:212–213
gastroenteritis, 1:236
germ theory of disease, 1:28, 1:246–247, 1:273
gonorrhea, 1:251
helicobacteriosis, 1:262
immune system, 1:287–288
infection and resistance, 1:308–310
infection control, 1:310–311
Koch’s postulates, 1:247, 1:284, 1:327, 1:328, 1:353
leprosy, 1:196, 1:346–348
meningitis, 2:374–375
mycobacterial infections, atypical, 2:406–407
mycoplasma infections, 2:408
nosocomial infection, 2:411–412
pertussis, 2:429–430
pneumonia, 2:444–445
Q fever, 2:471–472
Rickettsia and rickettsial pox, 2:492–493Salmonellafood poisoning, 2:504–505, 2:558
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), 2:510–514
skin infections, 2:516–517
strep throat, 2:532–533
sulfa drugs, 2:535
T cells (T lymphocytes), 2:539–540
tetanus, 2:543
toxic shock syndrome, 2:529, 2:534, 2:547–548
transmission of pathogens, 2:553
tuberculosis, 1:111, 1:123, 1:168, 1:196, 2:555–557
tularemia, 2:557–558
typhoid fever, 2:558–560
typhus, 2:560–561
vaccine, 2:568–572
zoonoses, 2:615–616
Bacterial kingdoms, 1:51
Archaea, 1:34
autotrophic organisms, 1:39
cladistics, 2:438
marine microbiology, 2:365–366
microbial symbiosis, 2:382–383
microbial taxonomy, 2:383–384
phylogeny, 2:437–438
Prokaryotae, 2:450–451
soil formation, involvement of microorganisms, 2:523
See alsoMicrobial taxonomy
Bacterial membrane transport. SeeProkaryotic membrane transport
Bacterial membranes and cell wall, 1:51–52
electron transport system, 1:182
lipopolysaccharide and its constituents, 1:351–352
membrane fluidity, 2:373
mycoplasma infections, 2:408
periplasm, 1:51, 2:429, 2:453
phospholipids, 2:435
porins, 2:447–448
prokaryotic membrane transport, 2:451–452
protein export, 2:453–454
signal hypothesis, 2:515–516
Bacterial meningitis, 1:195–196
Bacterial movement, 1:52
attractants and repellents, 1:37
bacterial appendages, 1:47–48, 1:52, 1:67
gliding bacteria, 1:249
magnetotactic bacteria, 2:360–361
marine microbiology, 2:365–366
protein export, 2:453–454
spirochetes, 2:525–526
Bacterial surface layers, 1:53
glycocalyx, 1:250
phospholipids, 2:435
protein export, 2:453–454
Bacterial ultrastructure, 1:53,1:53–54
bacterial membranes and cell wall, 1:52
bacterial surface layers, 1:53
Bayer, Manfred E., 1:57–58
Beveridge, Terrance J., 1:63
cell membranes and cell wall, 1:51–52
cytoplasm, 1:145–147
electron microscopy examination of microorganisms, 1:180–181
electron transport system, 1:182
peptidoglycan, 1:25, 1:51, 2:427, 2:428, 2:429
periplasm, 1:51, 2:429, 2:453
phospholipids, 2:435•
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