271

A

Acanthamoeba polyphaga, 176

Acetic acid, 97

Acetobacter, 156

Acid-fast microorganisms, 62

Acids, 37

Acquired immunity, 212–213

Actinomycetales, 164

Activation energy, 90

Active transport, 76

Adenine (A), 122, 132

Adenosine deaminase (ADA), 134

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 44, 76, 82, 88–90,

92–96

Adenoviruses, 190

Agar, 106–107

Agarose gel electrophoresis, 133

Agglutination reaction, 226–227

Agrobacterium tumefaciens, 156

AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome),

190–191

Alcohols, 114–115

Aldehydes, 116

Algae, 5

introduction, 171

lichens, 174

reproduction, 171–172

types of

brown algae, 173–174

chrysophytes, 172

diatoms, 172

dinoflagellates, 172–173

green algae, 174

red algae, 173

Algin, 173

Amantadine, 244

Aminoglycosides, 236, 240

Amoeba flagellates, 175–176

Amoeboid motion, 80

Amphipathic, definition of, 73

Anabolic reaction (anabolism), 34, 88

Animal reservoirs, 200

Anoxygenic photosynthesis, 99

Anthrax, 1, 4, 12–13

Antibiotics, 8, 17

Antibodies, 212, 218

Antibody-mediated immunity, 213

Antifungal drugs

griseofulvin, 243

imidazoles, 243

polyenes, 243

tolnaftate, 243

triazoles, 243

Antigen receptors, 216

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