SUBJECT INDEX 



Abiosis, 1 



Abraxas niiranda, 127 

 Acantocephala, 101 

 Acanthor, 101 

 Acetic acid, 42 

 Acetylcholine, 137 

 c/5-Aconitic acid, 46 

 Acronycta rumicis, 128 

 Adenosine, 32, 33, 79 

 Adenosine deaminase, 79 

 Adenosine triphosphate, 79 

 Adipic acid, 46 

 Adventitious buds, 35 

 Aestivation, 104 

 After-ripening of seeds, 13 

 Ageing of bacterial spores, 13, 34, 



64 

 Alanine racemase, 36, 75, 86 

 D-Alanine, 36 

 — , inhibitor of L-alanine activation 



of bacterial germination, 68 

 L-Alanine, 32, 33, 45, 64, 79 

 — , activation, 68 

 — , mechanism of utilization, 85 

 — , nature of initial binding site for, 



87 

 P-Alanine, 89, 91 

 L-Alanine dehydrogenase, 64, 79, 



87, 89, 91 

 Albumin, 27 

 Aldolase 79 

 Alternaria so/ani, 113 

 Amaranthus retroflexus, 180 

 Ametabolism, 1 

 L-Aminooxidase, 69 

 a-Aminopimelic acid, 46 

 Anguina tritici, 100 

 Anabiosis, 1 



Anhydrobiosis, 15, 210-212 

 Anopheles macu/ipennis, 128 

 Anoxybiosis, 15 



Arginine, 45 



Arsenite, 80, 91 



Ascaris, 98, 99 



Asparagine, 45 



— , effect on inhibition of bacterial 

 sporulation, 47 



Aspartic acid, 45 



— , effect on inhibition of bacterial 

 sporulation, 47 



Aspergillus niger, 113 



Atabrine, 84 



Australorbis glabratus, 105 



Austroicetes cruciata, 144 



Azelaic acid, 208 



Bacillus cereus, 33 



— , time of sporulation, 41, 42 



— , germinating agents of, 78 



— , growth medium, 47 



Bacillus licheniformis, 64 



Bacillus megatherium, 33 



— , germination of spores, 77 



— , release of dipicolinic acid from, 

 38 



Bacillus stearofhermophilus, 33 



Bacillus subtilis, cytochrome con- 

 tent, 16 



— , production of sclerotia, 116 



Benzaldehyde, 110 



Biotin, 114 



Bivalent cations, level in bacterial 

 spores, 72 



Bulinus truncatus, 105 



Bloom of woody plants, 202 



Bombyx mori, 122 



Botrytis cinerea, 1 1 1 



Calcium, 48 



— , effect on germination of bac- 

 terial spores, 34, 35 



— , effect on dipicolinic acid syn- 

 thesis, 74 



— , level in bacterial spores, 72 



