Fission, 169, 174
Flagella, 70–71, 78–79, 172, 176
Flatworms, 179–180
Flaviviruses, 190
Fleming, Alexander, 16–18, 232
Flora, 3
Flukes, 179
Fluorescent microscope, 58–59
Fluorescent-antibody reaction, 227
Fluoroquinolones, 242
Focal point, 53
Franeisella tularensis, 156
Fucoxanthin, 173
Fungi
anatomy, 168–169
classification, 170–171
introduction, 168
molds, 170
nutrition, 171
yeasts, 169
Fusobacterium, 158G
Gajdusek, Carlton, 193
Gamma globulin, 213
Gangrene, 97
Gene expression, 123
Gene therapy, 134
Genes, controlling, 124–125
operon model, 125
Genetic engineering, 132–133
artificial DNA, 133–134
Genetics. SeeMicrobial genetics
Genotype, 124, 146
Genus, 5, 144–145
Germ Theory, 12–14
Giardia lamblia, 1 176
Gluconobacter, 156
Glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde, 116
Glycocalyx, 70, 80
Glycolipid, 80
Glycolysis, 92Glycoprotein, 80
Golgi complex, 82
Gram, 50
Gram molecular weight, 36
Gram stain, 61–63
Gram, Hans Christian, 61, 64
Gram-negative cell wall, 73
Gram-positive cell wall, 72
Grana, 83
Green algae, 174
Griseofulvin, 243
Growth, 67–68
microbial. SeeMicrobial growth
Guanine (G), 122, 132H
Half-life, 27
Halogens, 115
Haptens, 214
Heat fixation process, 60
Helminths
flatworms, 179–180
hookworms, 181–182
introduction, 178–179
life cycle, 179
pinworms, 182
roundworms (nematodes), 180–181
Hemagglutination reaction, 227
Hemoflagellates, 177
Hepadnaviruses, 189
Herd immunity, 224
Herpesviruses, 2, 189–190, 192
Heterotopic organisms, 23, 104
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus),
190–191
Holoenzyme, 90
Hooke, Robert, 9, 17
Hookworms, 181–182
Host, 232
Human papillomavirus (HPV), 192
Human reservoirs, 199–200
Human T-cell leukemia virus, 192(^276) INDEX
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