Microbiology and Immunology

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY General Index

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multiplex PCR, 1:240–241

mycoplasma, 2:408

reverse transcriptase PCR, 1:241

taq enzyme, 2:540–541

Polyomaviruses, 2:584

Pontiac fever, 1:345

Popovic, Mikulas, 1:234

Porin proteins, 2:447

Porins, 2:429, 2:447–448,2: 448

Porphyra, 2:488

Porter, Rodney R., 1:29, 1:175, 1:176, 2:656

Portier, Paul, 1:287

Positional cloning, 1:75

Postherpetic neuralgia, 2:574

Poulik, M.D., 1:176

Pour plate technique, 1:335

Poxviruses, 2:583

Pregnancy

miscarriage, 2:473

reproductive immunology, 2:483–484

Rh incompatibility, 2:487–488

varicella, 2:573

Presumptive tests. SeeLaboratory techniques in microbiology

Prichard, James Cowles, 2:646

Priestley, Joseph, 2:645

Primary wastewater treatment, 2:590

Prion diseases, 2:520

BSE and CJD disease, 1:89–93

Prions, 2:449,2:449,2:465, 2:520

Probiotics, 2:450

anti-adhesion, 1:23–24

Lactobacillus,1:336–337

See alsoMicrobial flora of the stomach and gastrointestinal tract

Prochloron,2:436

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), 2:519, 2:584

Progressive rubella panencephalitis, 2:519

Prokaryotae, 2:450–451

Prokaryotes, 1:51, 2:450–451

cell cycle and cell division, 1:103–105

cellular respiration, 2:484

chromosomes, 1:122–123

DNA, 1:161

genetic regulation, 1:106–108, 1:244–245

metabolism, 2:377

protein synthesis, 2:454–455

See alsoCell cycle (prokaryotic), genetic regulation of;

Chromosomes, prokaryotic; Cytoplasm, prokaryotic; Genetic

regulation of prokaryotic cells; Prokaryotic membrane trans-

port

Prokaryotic chromosomes, 1:122–123

Prokaryotic membrane transport, 2:451–452

protein export, 2:453–454

signal hypothesis, 2:515–516

Promoter, 2:548

Prontosil, 2:535

Prophase, 1:103, 1:106–107

Propionibacterium acnes,acne and, 1:2, 1:2,2:380

Propionibacterium granulosum,acne and, 1:2

Prospect Hill virus, 1:259

Protease inhibitors, 1:8

Proteases, HIV and, 1:8

Protein. SeeProtein crystallography; Protein export; Protein synthesis;

Proteins and enzymes

Protein crystallography, 2:452,2: 453

Protein electrophoresis. SeeElectrophoresis

Protein export, 2:453–454

porins, 2:447–448

prokaryotic membrane transport, 2:451–452

signal hypothesis, 2:515–516

Protein synthesis, 2:454–455,2: 455

ribosomes, 2:492

transcription, 1:238, 1:261, 2:486, 2:489, 2:548–549, 2: 549

translation, 2:551–553

Proteins and enzymes, 2:455–457,2: 456

amino acid chemistry, 1:14–16, 1: 15

antigenic mimicry, 1:30–31

bacterial membrane and cell wall, 1:52

cell cycle and cell division, 1:103–105

chaperones, 1:113, 1:261, 2:429, 2:582

cytokines, 1:145

dietary, 1:16

electrophoresis, 1:182–183

eukaryotic cell cycle, 1:106–108

prokaryotic cell cycle, 1:108–109

protein crystallography, 2:452

protein export, 2:453–454

protein structure, 1:15

protein synthesis, 2:454–455

structure, 2: 456

synthesis, 2:454–455, 2:492, 2:551–553

translation, 2:551–553

See alsoEnzymes

Proteomics, 1:108, 1:244, 2:457–458

Proteusinfection, 1:188

Protista, 1:205, 2:387, 2:450, 2:458, 2:458–462,2: 461

bioluminescence, 1:72–73

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

Phaeophyta, 2:421

Pyrrophyta, 2:469–470

Rhodophyta, 2:488

sleeping sickness, 2:517–518

Sporozoa, 2:459, 2:526

Xanthophyta, 2:605–606

Proto-oncogenes, 1:104

Protobacteria, 1:51

Protoplasts and spheroplasts, 1:230, 2:462

Protozoa, 2:423, 2:459, 2:462–464,2:616

cryptosporidium, 1:143–144, 1:315

cysts, 1:119

Entamoeba histolytica,1:11, 1:12, 1:169, 1:186–187

Giardia,1:248–249

mastigophora, 2:366–367

paramecium, 2:421

Plasmodium,2:363, 2:443–444

soil formation, involvement of microorganisms, 2:523

Sporozoa, 2:459, 2:526

Stentor,2:531, 2:531

See alsoProtozoan infection

Protozoan infection, 2:464

blood borne infection, 1:80–82

Chagas disease, 1:111–112

cryptosporidiosis, 1:143–144

giardiasis, 1:248–249

sleeping sickness, 1:178, 2:367, 2:462, 2:517–518

toxoplasmosis, 2:548

See alsoProtozoa

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