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INDEX. 



Bacillus phytophthorus, 



(See also potato rot, Appel's.) 



effect of tannin on 29 



incubation period 65 



rotting of sound tubers 39 



saprophytes accompanying 32 



wound parasite 5 2 



Bacillus prodigiosus, plant inoculations with. . . . 175, 178 



Bacillus pyocyaneus, harbored by plants 185 



Bacillus radicicola 99 



(See root-nodule organism, Leguminosae.) 



Bacillus radicicola liquefaciens 105 



Bacillus solanisaprus, inoculations into animals .... 182 



Bacillus sorghi 12, 62 



Bacillus subtilis, 



in cultures of Dictyostelium 169, 172 



effect of glycerin on 194 



effect of St. Laceleau soap on 193 



facultative parasitism of 48 



habitat of 31 



in kefir 159 



plants inoculated with 178 



virus secreted by 49 



Bacillus tracheiphilus 209 



(See also cucurbit wilt.) 



acid produced by 289 



acids, sensitive to 267, 291 



aphides as carriers 224 



beetles as carriers 233, 255, 281,282, 284 



capsules 287 



characters, salient, resume of 294 



cross inoculations with various strains 213, 248 



crystals produced by 292 



cultural characteristics 287 



desiccation experiments 292 



dissemination by insects. . . .40, 190, 210, 215, 219, 224, 

 233, 25S, 281, 282, 284, 295,298 



drying, sensitive to 292 



fermentation of alcohols 289, 290 



fermentation of sugars 289 



fermentation tube experiments 289 



flageUa 288 



freezing, resistance to 293 



glycerin, fermentation of 290 



growth in acid bouillon 290 



growth on agar 289, 290 



growth in alkaline bouillons 291 



growth in asparagin water 290 



growth in beef-bouillon 288, 289, 290, 291 



growth in beef-broth plus sugars 289 



growth on beet-cylinders 288 



growth in beet-juice 288 



growth in carbon dioxide 290 



growth on cauliflower petioles 288 



growth in Cohn's solution 290 



growth in Dunham's solution 290 



growth on egg-albumen 290 



growth on egg-yolk 290 



growth in fermentation tubes 289 



growth in Fermi's solution 290 



growth on gelatin 289, 290 



growth in glycerin 289 



growth in hydrogen 290 



growth on litmus-lactose agar 292 



growth in litmus milk 290 



growth on Loeffler's blood serum 290 



growth in mannit 289 



growth on McConkey's bile-salt agar 290 



growth in milk 292 



growth in peptone water 290 



growth on potato-cylinders 287, 288 



growth in salt bouillons 290 



growth on radish-cylinders 288 



growth in synthetic media 290 



growth on turnip-cylinders 288 



Pacb. 

 Bacillus tracheiphilus continued. 



growth in Uschinsky's solution 288, 290 



incubation period 66, 213 



indol reaction 290 



inoculation, method of 214, 219 



inoculations 217 



on Apodanthera undulata 271 



on Balsam apple 262, 266 



on Benincasa cerifera 268 



on Citrullus vulgaris 249, 268, 271, 283, 284 



on common gourd 262, 266 



on cowpea 264, 266 



on cucumber, 



(See on Cucumis sativus.) 



on Cucumis anguria 257, 262, 264, 267 



on Cucumis erinaceus 270, 271 



on Cucumis melo 239, 241, 244, 247, 249, 



257, 260, 264, 268, 274, 275, 281 



on Cucumis melo var. dudaim 271 



on Cucumis sativus 219, 222, 223, 224, 



226, 233, 241, 244, 249, 254, 255, 

 257, 264, 266, 267, 268, 275, 281, 282 



on Cucurbita sp. (squash) 217, 236, 238, 



239, 241, 244, 247, 249, 256, 257, 260, 264, 266 



on Cucurbita californica 267, 268 



on Cucurbita digitata 271 



on Cucurbita foetidissima 262, 268, 271 



on Cucurbita pepo 249, 256, 266 



on Cucurbita palmata (?) 271 



on Datura stramonium 268 



on Echinocystis lobata 270, 271 



on gherkin 257, 262, 264, 267 



on hyacinth 241, 244 



on Jamestown weed 268 



on Lagenaria vulgaris 262, 266 



on Luffa acutangula 262, 266 



on Lycopersicum esculentum 236, 239, 



241, 244, 248,249 



on Melothria scabra 270 



on Mexican cucurbitaceous plant 282 



on Momordica balsamina 262, 266 



on muskmelon, 

 (See Cucumis melo.) 



on Nicotiana tabacum 266 



on Passiflora incarnata 271 



on pear 244, 248 



on potato 238, 239, 241, 244, 254 



on pumpkin 249, 256, 266 



on Sicyos angulatus 283 



on snake cucumber 271 



on Solanum tuberosum 238, 239, 241, 244, 254 



on squash 217, 236, 238, 239, 241, 



244, 247, 249, 256, 257, 260, 264, 266 



on tobacco 266 



on tomato 236, 239, 241, 244, 248, 249 



on Trichosanthcs cucumeroides 271 



on Vigna, sp 264, 266 



on watermelon 249, 268, 271, 283, 284 



on wild balsam apple 270, 271 



on wild gourd 262, 268, 271 



involution forms 288 



isolation, difficulty of 294 



isolation, method 231 



liquid air, exposure to 293 



longevity 294 



mannit, fermentation of 289 



maximum temperature 293 



minimum reaction, Fuller's scale 292 



minimum temperature 293 



morphology 286 



motility in cultures 288 



motility in host 243 



nitrates, reduction of 290 



optimum reaction, Fuller's scale 292 



optimum temperature 293 



