INDEX 



absorption spectra, 19, 20, 22-7 

 acetate, 8, 9, 43, 44, 51, 54, 55, 58, 

 60, 63-6 



— organisms, 51, 55 

 acetylcoenzyme A, 65 

 adaptation, 29-30, 56, 57, 109, 121 

 adenosine diphosphate, 7, 1 1, 80, 81 



— triphosphate, 7, 11, 79-81 

 adenylic acid, 81 



agar, 96, 97, 105 



alanine, 36, 37, 43, 79, 82, loi, 102 



Alaria, 14, 98, 99 



algin, 95, 104 



alginic acid, 2, 95, 96, 125, 127 



amide, 76, 77, 79-83. 9°, loi 



amino-acids, 43, 44, 50, 70, 71, 77- 



82, 84, 85, loi, 102 

 />-amino-benzoic acid, 86, 87 

 ammonia, 16, 43, 47, 68, 70-83, 85, 



90, III, 114, 116, 117 

 amylase, 93 

 amylopectin, 93, 94 

 amylose, 93, 94 

 Anabaena, 15, 46, 59, 69, 70, 74, 



75, 90, loi, 102, 107, 109, 



no, 122, 123 

 Anabaeniopsis, 15, 69 

 anaerobic conditions, 6, 30-2, 36, 



63, 76 

 Ankistrodesmiis, 13, 32, 74, 82 

 Aphanizomenon, 15, 69 

 apochlorosis, 61, 62, 132 

 arginine, 78, 79, loi, 102 

 Ascophyllutn, 14, 32, 94, 127 

 ash constituents, 96, 125, 127 

 asparagine, 43, 82 

 aspartic acid, 36, 37, 43, 70, 79, 82, 



84, 85, loi, 102 

 Astasia, 14, 62, 86 

 Asterionella, 13, 114 

 Athiorhodaceae, 15 

 Aulosira, 15, 69 

 autotrophy, 12, 16, 68-83, 84 

 Azotobacter, 68, 70 



Bacillariophyceae, 5, 9, 13, 20-4, 

 32, 59, 92, 95. 99. 102, 104, 

 105, n2, 116, 119, 121 



Bacillus, 48 



bacteria, compared with algae, i, 

 18, 30-2, 48, 49, 55, 59, 68, 

 70, 79, 82, 86, 90, 96, 102, 

 106, 108, 109, 130, 132, 133 



Beggiatoa, 15, 49 



bicarbonate, 33-5 



Bostrychia, 15, 92 



butyric acid, 51 



calcareous algae, 35 



Calothrix, 15, 69 



carbohydrate deficient cells, 67, 



72, 73, 82, III 

 — synthesis, 36, 42, 43, 63-7 

 carbohydrates, 91—8, 106, 112, 115, 



118, 120, 121, 131, 133 

 carbon dioxide and photosynthesis, 



17, 18, 30, 33-41, 58, 60, 117 



, 'extra', 71, 72 



carbon monoxide, inhibition by, 



10, 70 

 carbonate, 33, 35 

 carbonic anhydrase, 35, 60 

 carboxylation, see decarboxylation 

 carotene, 20, 21 

 carotenoids, 19, 20, 24-6, 28 

 carragheenin, 97, 105 

 cell walls, 95-8, 104, no, 116, 127 

 cellobiose, 56, 57 

 cellulose, 95, 104, 127 

 Ceramiales, 15, 93 

 chemical composition of algae, 91— 



103, 106, 109-29, 131, 132 

 chemolithotrophy, 16, 48-50, 60 

 chemo-organotrophy, 16, 50-67 

 chemosynthesis, 16, 48 

 chemotrophy, 15, 48-67, 71, 74, 



119, 120, 131, 132 

 Chilomonas, 14, 86, 94, 114 

 chitin, 98, 104 

 Chlamydomonas, 13, 31, 32, 49, 58- 



60, 62, 85-7 

 Chlorella 3-7, 9-1 1, 13, 16, 18, 

 26, 28, 31-6, 39, 40, 42, 46, 

 54, 56-64, 66, 67, 69, 71-7, 

 79-82, 89, 93, 98-102, 106-20, 

 122, 123, 126 



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