General Index WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGYextraterrestrial microbiology, 1:209–210, 1:210,1:228
magnetotactic bacteria, 2:361
Marshall, Barry J., 1:123, 2:366
Marshall, Richard E., 2:657
Mast cells, 1:17
Mastigophora, 2:366–367
Matin, A.C., 2:367
Matthaei, Heinrich, 1:238
Mayer, Adolf, 2:540
McCarty, Maclyn, 1:114, 1:274, 2:359, 2:367–368,2:654
McClintok, Barbara, 2:555, 2:653, 2:654
McDermott, Katherine, 2:653
McKie, Margot, 2:652
McMaster, P.D., 2:494
MCPs. SeeMethyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins
MDR TB. SeeMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Measles, 2:368–369,2: 369
Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, 2:567
Measles vaccine, 2:369
Measles virus, 2:368, 2:519
Medawar, Peter Brian, 1:96, 1:288, 1:306–307, 2:369–371
Medical training and careers in microbiology, 2:371–373,2: 372
Meiosis, 1:104–105, 2:609
Meiosis I, 1:104–105
Meiosis II, 1:105
Melanin, 1:16
MELAS. SeeMitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and
strokelike episodes
Melatonin, 1:16
Membrane fluidity, 2:373
hydrophobic and hydrophilic, 1:281–282
phospholipids, 2:435
Membrane transport. SeeCell membrane transport; Prokaryotic mem-
brane transport
Mendel, Gregor, 1:237, 2:647, 2:648
Meningitis, bacterial and viral, 2:374–375
cryptococcal, 1:142, 1:143
enterovirus-induced, 1:190
epidemics, 1:195–196
Menten, Maud, 1:192
6-Mercaptopurine, 1:117, 1:184
MERFF. SeeMyoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibers
Meselson, Matthew Stanley, 1:87, 2:375–376, 2:656
Mesocyclops, 2:616
Mesophilic bacteria, 1:50, 1:276
Mesophyll, 1:120
Messenger RNA (mRNA), 2:489, 2:491, 2:548, 2:551–552
Metabolism, 2:376–377
aerobes, 1:5
carbon cycle, 1:101
chloroplast, 1:119, 1:120
enzyme induction and repression, 1:191–192
mitochondria, 2:392–393
nitrogen cycle, 2:410–411
oxidation-reduction reaction, 2:417
oxygen, 2:418–419
photosynthesis, 2:436
sulfur cycle, 2:536
Metaphase, 1:103, 1:243
Metaphase I, 1:105
Metaphase plate, 1:107
Metchnikoff, Élie, 1:83, 1:178, 1:272, 1:303, 2:377–378,2:434, 2:450,
2:650Methane oxidizing and producing bacteria, 1:101, 2:378–379,2:601
Methanococcus jannaschii,2:378–379, 2:659
Methanotrophs, 1:101
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA), 2:529
Methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs), 1:37
Meyerhof, O., 1:217
MHC. SeeMajor histocompatibility complex
Michaelis, Leonor, 1:192
Michel, Hartmut, 2:436
Microaerophilic organisms, 1:5
Microarrays, 1:164
See alsoDNA chips and microarrays
Microbial contamination. SeeContamination
Microbial flora of the oral cavity, dental caries, 2:379–380
Actinomyces,1:3
plaque, 1:17, 1:67, 2:387, 2:442
thrush, 2:546–547
Microbial flora of the skin, 2:380,2:383
acne, 1:1–2
coryneform bacteria, 1:136–137
Microbial flora of the stomach and gastrointestinal tract, 2:380–381
Enterobacteriaceae, 1:187
helicobacteriosis, 1:262
Lactobacillus,1:336–337
probiotics, 2:450
pseudomembranous colitis, 2:465
Microbial genetics, 2:381–382
cladistics, 2:438
cloning, 1:124
enhanced tolerance or sensitivity to temperature and pH ranges,
2:404–405
enzyme induction and repression, 1:191–192
episomes, plasmids, insertion sequences, and transposons, 1:200
fungal genetics, 1:230–231
gene, 1:237–238
genetic identification of microorganisms, 1:240–241
genetic mapping, 1:241–242
genotype and phenotype, 1:245–246
heat shock response, 1:261
Neurospora,2:409–410
operon, 1:237, 1:354, 2:398, 2:416
phage genetics, 2:433–434
phage therapy, 2:434
phylogeny, 2:437–438
recombination, 2:481
retroposons and transposable elements, 2:485–486
transcription, 2:548–549
transduction, 2:549
transformation, 2:549–550
transgenics, 2:550–551
translation, 2:551–553
transplantation genetics and immunology, 2:553–554
transposition, 2:554–555
See alsoDNA; Genetic identification of microorganisms;
Immunogenetics; Molecular biology and molecular genetics;
Phage genetics; RNA
Microbial symbiosis, 2:382–383
lichens, 2:382–383, 2:407, 2:411
nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 2:411
soil formation, involvement of microorganisms, 2:523
Microbial taxonomy, 2:382, 2:383–384
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