Microbiology and Immunology

General Index WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Peptidoglycan, 1:25, 1:51, 2:427, 2:428, 2:429

Peptostreptococcus,1:16

Periplasm, 1:51, 2:429,2:453

Perlmann, Gertrude, 1:338

Perry, Seymour, 1:233

Pertussis, 2:429–430

Pesticide resistance, 2:506

Pestivirus,2:536

Petri, Richard Julius, 2:430–431,2:650

Petri dish (Petri plate), 1:335, 2:430

Petroleum microbiology, 2:431–432,2:488

Petroleum spills, bioremediation, 1:73

Pettenkoffer, Max Josef von, 1:252, 1:255

Pfeiffer, Richard Friedrich Johannes, 1:83, 1:287, 2:432–433

Pfeifferella,2:432

Pfeiffer’s agar, 2:432

Pfeiffer’s phenomenon, 2:432

pH, 1:95–96, 2:433

pH sensitivity. SeeMutants: enhanced tolerance or sensitivity to temper-

ature and pH ranges

Phaeophyta, 1:323–324, 2:421, 2:421,2:460

Phage genetics, 2:433–434

radiation mutagenesis, 2:477–478

See alsoBacteriophage and bacteriophage typing

Phage therapy, 2:434

See alsoBacteriophage and bacteriophage typing

Phagocyte and phagocytosis, 1:5, 2:434–435

Phagocyte defects. SeeImmunodeficiency disease syndromes

Phagocytosis, 1:5, 1:109, 2:434

bacterial surface layers, 1:53

defined, 1:291

opsonization, 2:416–417

Phase G0, 1:103

Phenol oxidase, 1:142–143

Phenotype and phenotypic variation, 1:101, 1:208, 1:245, 2:435

See alsoGenotype and phenotype

Phi X 174, 2:516

Phosphodiester, 1:120

Phosphoglycerides, 2:435

Phospholipids, 1:52, 2:435

Photoautotrophic organisms, 1:39, 1:255, 2:451

Photobacterium fischeri,2:474

Photoisomerization, 2:437

Photosynthesis, 2:436–437,2:451

Chlorophyta, 1:119–120

chloroplast, 1:120

photosynthetic microorganisms, 2:437

Pyrrophyta, 2:470

Photosynthetic microorganisms, 2:437

blue-green algae, 1:82–83, 1:119, 1:120, 1:154, 1:203, 1:228,

1:235, 2:436

Chlorophyta, 1:119–120, 1:348, 2:407, 2:411, 2:460

gas vacuoles and gas vesicles, 1:235

Phaeophyta, 1:323–324, 2:421, 2:460

Pyrrophyta, 2:470

soil formation, involvement of microorganisms, 2:523

xanthophylls, 2:605

Xanthophyta, 2:605–606

See alsoAlgae

Photosystem I, 2:605

Photosystem II, 2:605

Phycobilins, 2:460, 2:488

Phycobiont, 1:348

Phycocyanin, 1:82

Phycoerythrin, 1:82

Phylogenetic tree, 2:384

Phylogeny, 2:437–438

Physarum polycephalum,2:519

Phytophthora infestans,1:231

Phytoplankton, 2:440

Picornaviruses, 2:580

“Pigging,” 2:432

Pili, 1:48, 1:52, 1:133

Pilin, 1:48

Pilobolus,2:394

“Pink eye,” 1:3

Pinocytosis, 1:109

Pipette, 2:438–439,2: 439

Pirosky, Ignacio, 2:391

Pittman, Margaret, 2:440

Plague, bubonic. SeeBubonic plague

Plankton and planktonic bacteria, 2:440–441,2:616–617

diatoms, 1:154–155

photosynthetic microorganisms, 2:437

red tide, 1:156–157, 2:460, 2:481–482

See alsoZooplankton

Planktonic bacteria, 2:441

Plant alkaloids, chemotherapeutic, 1:117

Plant viruses, 2:441, 2:441–442,2:547

Plantar warts, 2:516

Plaque, 1:17, 1:67, 2:387, 2:442

Plaque assay, 2:434

Plasmids, 1:108, 1:200, 1:230, 2:442–443,2:443,2:550

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

recombinant DNA molecules, 2:480–481

Plasmodial slime molds, 2:518, 2:519

Plasmodium,2:363, 2:443–444,2:461, 2:463, 2:526

Plasmodium falciparum,2:363, 2:443, 2:444

Plasmodium malariae,2:363, 2:443

Plasmodium ovale,2:363, 2:443

Plasmodium vivax,2:363, 2:443, 2:444

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), 1:104, 1:106

Pliny the Elder, 2:644

PML. SeeProgressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Pneumocystis carinii,2:445, 2:526

Pneumonia, bacterial and viral, 2:444–445

chlamydial pneumonia, 1:118

defined, 1:17

Legionnaires’ disease, 1:344–346

Pneumocystis carinii,2:445, 2:526

walking pneumonia, 1:118

Podospora anserine,1:230

Pol I, 2:491

Pol II, 2:491

Polaromonas vacuolata,1:211

Polio vaccine, 1:186, 2:499, 2:570

Poliomyelitis and polio, 2:445–446

Center for Disease Control (CDC), 1:111

Sabin, Albert, 2:499–501

Salk, Jonas, 2:501–503

vaccine, 1:186, 2:499, 2:570

Poliovirus, 2:446

Pollens, allergies, 1:10

Pollution, bioremediation, 1:73–74

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 1:240, 2:446–447

Actinomyces,1:3

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