510 



Asparaginase, 265, 471 

 Asparagine, 265, 324, 370 



requirement for, 258 



utilization of, 256-268 

 Aspartase, 262, 266 



Aspartic acid, metabolism of, 262, 265, 

 266, 267, 269, 270, 333 



utilization of, 256, 257 

 Aspergillic acid, 282, 283 

 Aspergillin, 308 

 Asperthecin, 168 

 Asperxanthone, 170 

 Atromentin, 167 

 Aureomycin, 183, 402 

 Aureothricin, 280 

 Autoclaving, effects of, 57-58 

 Autolysis, 7, 41, 241-242, 303, 304, 375- 



376 

 Auxin, see Indoleacetic acid 

 Aversion, 374 

 Avidin, 335 

 8-Azaguanine, 277 

 Azaserine, 280, 281 

 Azelaic acid, 334 

 Azide, 231, 455, 480 



Barbituric acid, 275 



Barium, 306 



Barrage, 374 



Bavendamm reaction, 83-84, 175 



Behenic acid, 48 



Benzaldehyde, 173-174 



Benzamide, 265 



Benzoic acid, 174, 265 



o-Benzoquinone, 175 



p-Benzoquinones, formation of, 167, 170 



toxicity of, 475-477 

 Benzothiazoles, 441, 472 

 Beryllium, 307 

 Betaine, 181, 273 

 Betulin, 157 

 Bicarbonate, effect of on reproduction, 



376-377 

 Bioassay, of minerals, 313-314 



of vitamins, 328-329 

 Biocytin, 334 

 Bioluminescence, 26-27 

 Biotin, 283, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 332- 



335, 345, 371, 402 

 Biotin sulfone, 335 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Biotin sulfoxide, 331 

 Bisdithiocarbamates, 484-485 

 Bisphenols, 464-465 

 Bisulfite, 305 

 Borax, 449 



Bordeaux mixture, 166 

 Boric acid, as buffer, 22 

 Boron, 313 



Bound water, 26, 36, 406 

 Bran, as culture medium, 3 

 Bromide ion, 183 

 Buffers, 22 

 Bufotenine, 274 

 1,2-Butanediol, 123 

 2-Butanol, 214 

 2-Butanone, 214 

 2,3-Butylene glycol, 123, 214 

 Butyric acid, 153, 154 



Cacodylate, sodium, 182 



Cadaverine, 273 



Cadmium, 308 



Caffeine, 276, 277, 443 



Calcium, 19, 38, 311-312, 371 



Calcium cyanamide, 278 



Caldariomycin, 183 



Callose, 41 



Camphor, 390, 441 



Canavanine, 268, 270 



Capreolinose, 43 



Capsular polysaccharides, 43, 121 



Captan, 442 



O-Carbamyl-D-serine, 280 



Carbohydrate, of mycelium, 37, 42-43 



of spores, 393 

 Carbon, total, 36 

 Carbon balance, 100-101 

 Carbon dioxide, fixation of, 138, 142, 

 146, 222, 225, 228-229, 333, 337 



physiological effects of, 24. 209, 365- 

 366, 376-377, 413 

 Carbon disulfide, 483, 485 

 Carbon monoxide, 231 

 Carbon nutrition, and reproduction, 

 367-369 



and spore germination, 401 

 Carbonic anhydrase, 471 

 Carboxylase, see Pyruvic carboxylase 

 Carboxymethylcellulose, 77-78 

 m-m-y3-Carboxymuconic acid, 174 



