INDEX 



WITH PRONUNCIATIONS t 



Abscesses, Intestinal and liver : cause of, 

 103 



Achnanthes subsessilis (ak"nan'thes sub- 

 ses'si-lis), 64 



Actinobolus radians (ak"tin'6-b6-lus ra'- 

 di-ans:) : food getting, 95* 



Actinophrys sol (ak"ti-nof'ris sol), 111 



Actinosphaerium (ak"ti-n6-sfe'ri-um) , 

 98 



Activities, Functional : defined, 8 ; of 

 protoplasm, 31; of protozoa, 88; pro- 

 toplasm effected by temperature, 39 ; 

 research re, 2 



Adaptation : of protoplasm, 39 ; of proto- 

 zoa, 101 



Adelea ovata (ad-e'le-a 6-va'ta), 105* 



Adinina (a-din-In'a), 48 



Aedes fasciatus (e'dez fash-i-a'tus), 30 



African cattle disease, 102 



African sleeping sickness : cause of, 74* ; 

 progress of, 105 ; transmission of, 104. 



African tick fever : cause, 26, 27, 28 



Agametes (a-gam'ets) : of a sporozoan, 

 106 



Agramonte (a"gra-mon'ta), Aristides 

 (1868-1931), American physician, 29 



Agriculture : aided by bacteria, 21 



Algae (al'je) : as food, 45; classifi- 

 cation, 49, 50 ; dependent on bacteria, 

 22 ; first appearance, 5 ; in scum-cov- 

 ered pools, 42 ; zoospores, 44 ; see also 

 Flagellates, Plant ; Protophyta 



Allogromia oviforme (al"6-gro'mi-a 

 o'vi-form), 94* 



Alternation of generation, 80 



Ameba (a-me'ba) : description of, 76;, 

 movement, 70; see also Amoeba 



Amebic dysentery, 103 



Amides (am'ids) : formation aided by 

 bacteria, 19 



Amino (am'i-no) acids, 20 



Ammonia : in the nitrogen cycle. 20* 



Ammonium chloride : in protoplasm, 33 



Amoeba crystalligera (a-me'ba kns"tal- 

 Tj'er-a), 91 



f For key to pronunciation, see page 135. 

 * Asterisk denotes illustration. 



Amoeba proteus (a-me'ba pro'te-us), 



32, 78 

 Amoeba verrucosa (a-me'ba ver"o6- 

 ko'sa) : adaption to environment, 91, 

 101 

 Ampbibia : first appearance, 5, 6 

 Amphimixus (am"fi-mik'sis) : among 

 Infusoria, 86 ; introduces new possi- 

 bilities into fundamental organizations, 

 115 

 Amphimonads (am'Ti-mo'nads or am"- 



fi-mon'ads), 73 

 Animal flagellates : see Flagellates, Ani- 

 mal 

 Animalcula (an"i-mal'ku-la), 12, 42_ 

 Animals : ability of cells to reorganize, 

 115; all are fundamentally alike, 3; 

 characteristics, 43 ; chromosomes, 33 ; 

 classification, 2, 40; classification based 

 on derived organizations, 38; com- 

 plexity of gene associations, 41 ; con- 

 fused with plants, 42; dependent upon 

 nitrogen, 20 ; difference between higher 

 and lower forms, 9, 10; food of sapro- 

 zoic, 19 ; in the nitrogen cycle, 20* ; 

 microscopic, 70 ; order of appearance, 

 5, 6 ; organization, 34 ; origin of high- 

 er forms, 8 ; potential of evolution, 8 ; 

 start as single-celled eggs, 38 

 Anisogametes (an-T"so-ga-mets'), 56 

 Ants, White : protozoan prepares food 



for, 75, 103* 

 Apes : first appearance, 5, 6 

 Aphanocapsa (a-fan"6-cap'sa), 51 

 Arboroid colonies : see Colonies 

 Arcella (ar-sel'a) : description of, 76 

 Argas miniatis (ar'gas mm"T-a'tis), 30 

 Aromatic bodies, 19 

 Asterionella (as-te"r!-6-neTa), 63 

 Aulographis (6-lo'graf-is), 79* 

 Auxospore (ok'so-spor), 64 

 Axopodia (ak"s6-po'dT-a), 76 

 Azotobacter (a-zot"6-bak'ter) : use ni- 

 trogen of the air, 20 

 Babesia bigemina (ba'bes-i-a bi-je'- 



mtn-a), 28 

 Bacillariales (bas"i-la-n-a'lez), 49, 62 



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