MicroBiology-Draft/Sample

mycorrhizal fungi, 211
mycoses, 207

mycoses (mycosis, sing.), 0
myxobacteria, 155

Myxobacterium, 155
myxospores, 155

N

NAAT, 259

Naegleria fowleri, 191
naked virus, 234 , 0

Nanoarchaeota, 174
Necator americanus, 201

Necatur americanus, 206
necrotizing fasciitis, 110 , 167

Needham, 81
negative (−) single-strand RNA
(−ssRNA), 243 , 0

negative stain, 62 , 0
neglected parasitic infections
(NPIs), 199

Neisseria, 144 , 149
Nematoda, 200 , 0

Neurospora crassa, 213
neutralism, 143 , 0

nigrosin, 67
nitrogen fixation, 141 , 162

Nocardia, 165
noncoliforms, 152

nonenveloped virus, 234 , 0
nonproteobacteria, 157

Nonproteobacteria, 160
nonpyogenic streptococci, 167

nonsulfur bacteria, 161
nuclear envelope, 117 , 0

nuclear lamina, 117 , 0
nuclear membrane, 117

Nucleic acid amplification tests
(NAAT), 258
nucleoid, 97 , 0

nucleoid-associated protein (NAP),
0
nucleoid-associated proteins
(NAPs), 97

nucleolus, 117 , 0
nucleus, 116 , 0

numerical aperture, 39 , 0

O

objective lenses, 44 , 0

obligate intracellular pathogen,

147 , 0

ocular lens, 44 , 0

oil immersion lens, 45 , 0

oligotroph, 147 , 0

one-step multiplication curve for

bacteriophage, 248

opacity, 35 , 0

Opisthokonta, 187

Opistorchis, 201

oriental lung fluke, 201

osmosis, 95 , 0

osmotic pressure, 95 , 0

Ötzi the Iceman, 8

outer membrane, 106 , 0

P

palisades, 164

Pap smear, 259

Parabasalia, 197

Paragonimus westermani, 201

Paramecium, 117 , 194

pararosaniline, 68

parasitic helminths, 200

parasitism, 143 , 0 , 223

parasitology, 26 , 0

passive transport, 103

Pasteur, 11 , 82 , 89 , 230

Pasteurellaceae, 151

pathogen, 21 , 0

Peach latent mosaic viroid, 262

pellicle, 186 , 197 , 0

penetration, 240 , 0

penicillin, 207

Penicillium, 207 , 213

peptidoglycan, 105

peptidoglycan (murein), 0

periodontitis, 164

periplasmic space, 106 , 0

peritonitis, 153

peritrichous, 111 , 0

peroxisome, 0

peroxisomes, 121

Persistent infection, 246

pertussis, 150

Pfiesteria piscicida, 219

Phaeophyta, 219

phage conversion, 240

phage therapy, 232

phagocytosis, 128 , 0

phase-contrast microscope, 0

Phase-contrast microscopes, 48

phospholipid fatty acid analysis

(PLFA), 103

phosphorescence, 38 , 0

photosynthesis, 160 , 176

photosynthetic bacteria, 104

phototaxis, 111 , 0

phototrophic bacteria, 160 , 0

phycobilisomes, 162

phycocyanin, 162

phylogenetic tree, 172

phylogenies, 14

phylogeny, 0

Phytophthora, 196

phytoplankton, 185 , 0

pili, 109 , 0

pinocytosis, 128 , 0

pinworm, 200

Planctomycetes, 157 , 159

plankton, 185 , 0

Plant viruses, 247

plaque, 251 , 0

plasma membrane, 102 , 0

plasmalemma, 186 , 0

plasmid, 97 , 0

plasmodial slime molds, 191

Plasmodium, 183 , 193

plasmolysis, 95 , 0

Platyhelminthes, 201 , 0

pleomorphic, 169 , 0

pneumonia, 90 , 168 , 169

polar tubule, 216 , 0

poliovirus, 242

polyhedral, 235

polyhedral virus, 0

Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), 98

polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), 0

Polymerase chain reaction, 258

polyphyletic, 187 , 0

280 Index

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