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INDEX 



Acidity changes 

 in algae, 430. 

 transients in, 430-432. 

 Acids, transient production in l)acteria 



of, 450-45G. 

 Acriflavine, photoreduction of, 53, 



55. 

 Action spectrum 



of chemiluminescence, 118. 

 of photoinhibition, 360. 

 of photosynthesis, 118. 

 Activation energy 



for back reactions, 123. 

 for luminescence, 119. 

 Adapted Scenedesmus 



O2 evolution by, 232-238. 

 photoreduction bj', 233, 238. 

 Addition compounds, of chlorophyll, 4, 



270. 

 Adenosine diphosphate. See ADP. 

 Adenosine triphosphate. See ATP. 

 ADP, 159, 170, 309. 

 Afterglow. See Chemiluminescence. 

 After-oscillations, in life cycle, 494. 

 Ailanthus altissima, Hill reaction ac- 

 tivity of, 280. 

 Algae. See also Chlorella, Blue-green 

 algae, Brown algae, Red algae, 

 Green algae, etc. 

 acidity changes in, 430-432. 

 chemiluminescence of, 134-141. 

 chlorophyll concentration in, G. 

 chloroplasts in, 149, 459. 

 cytochrome / in, 150-151. 

 "dark" cells of, 488. 

 "light" cells of, 488. 

 luminescence of, 45, 118, 135. 

 pyridine nucleotides in, 45. 

 quantum yield of photosynthesis b.y, 



407-408. 

 transients in 



CO2 exchange by, 406, 430-442. 

 gas exchange by, 406-408. 

 luminescence of, 135. 

 O2 exchange by, 406, 409-411. 

 uniformity of, 206-214, 485, 490. 

 Allomerization, of chlorophyll, 42. 



AUyl thiourea, used in photoreduction 



of thionine, 50. 

 5-Aminolevulinic acid. See DAL. 

 Anaerobic bacteria 



hematin compounds in, 153-155. 

 jjhotophosphorj'lation by, 159. 

 Anaerobic conditions, oxygen evolution 



under, 233-235. 

 Anaerobic light effect 



effect of hydrosulfite on, 189-191. 

 reactions of Rhodospir ilium rubrum 

 during, 184-188. 

 Anaerobic photophosphorj^lation, by 



chloroplasts, 340. 

 Anaerobiosis 

 effect of 



on CO2 fixation, 207. 

 on luminescence, 123, 137. 

 Ankistrodesmus braunii, 243-244, 251- 



253. 

 Arsenite, as inhibiting agent, 298. 

 Ascorbic acid 



as cof actor in photophosphorylation, 



340, 343. 

 effect on back reaction of, 260. 

 photoxidation of 



by chlorophyll extracts, 262. 

 by chloroplasts, 260. 

 photoreduction of thionine by, 50 

 reduction of chlorophyll by, 10 

 reduction bj^ chloroplasts of, 257- 

 262 

 Assimilatory quotient, transient values 



of, 401. 

 ATP, 121, 159, 170, 254, 299. 



effect in nitrite reductions of, 254- 



255. 

 effect of temperature on formation 



of, 299. 

 from esterification of inorganic 



phosphate, 340. 

 formation by light of, 159, 299. 

 ATP levels 



in photosynthesis, 121-122. 

 relation to initial uptake in Chromn- 



tiuni of, 455-456. 

 tran.sients in, 455. 



