INDEX 



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Mixotrophic (mlk"s6-tr6f'ik) nutrition, 

 92,93 



Mollusca : first appearance, 6 



Monads (mon'adz), 73, 75 



Monkeys: first appearance, 5, 6; relaps- 

 ing fever, 28 



Monotremes : first appearance, 5 



Mosaic diseases, 14, 15 



Mosquitoes : transmit disease, 28, 104 



Movement : characteristic of animals, 43 



Mutations: cause of, 40; possibility of, 

 115 



Myxophyceae (m!k"so-fi'se-e), 49 



Myxopodia (mik"s6-po'di-a), 76 



Nagana (na-ga'na), 102 



Navicula amphisbena (na-vik'u-la am"- 

 fis-be'na), 64 



Neosporida (ne"6-sp5-rid'a), 106 



Nephroselmis (nef'ro-seTmis), 65 



Newt : parasites from the intestine of, 

 74* 



Nitrates : in the nitrogen cycle, 20* 

 Nitrites : in the nitrogen cycles, 20* 

 Nitrobacter (nl"tr6-bak'ter), 21 

 Nitrogen : and red color in plants, 45 ; 



made available by bacteria, 20 

 Nitrogen cycle, 20* 

 Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 20 

 Nitrosococcus (ni-tro's6-kok"us), 21 

 Nitrosomonas (ni-tr5's6-mon"as), 21 

 Noctiluca miliaris (nok"ti-lu'ka mi"- 



H-a'rls), 65 

 Noguchi (n5'goo"che), Hideyo (1876- 



1928), Japanese bacteriologist, 30 

 Nucleus : contains complex proteins, 33 ; 



division of, in reproduction of animal 



flagellates, 75; essential, 32; of the 



Infusoria, 82; in Sarcodina, 78; seat 



of the genes, 41 

 Nummulites (num'u-lits), 71 

 Nutrition: defined, 88; a fundamental 



activity, 9; of protozoa, 92 

 Onuic vivum ex vivo, 3, 7 

 Ophrydium versatile (6f-r!'d!-um vur'- 



sa-til-e), 84 

 Organization : derived, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 



41; fundamental, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41; 



periodic reorganization, 110 

 Ornithodorus moubata (6r"ni-tho-d6r'us 



moo-ba'ta), 28 

 Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1857- ), 



American paleontologist : quoted on 



potential of evolution, 8 

 Oxidation : effect on encysted organism, 



37 

 Oxygen : in protoplasm, 32 

 Oyster : spirochaete from digestive tract, 



25* 



Paleontology : defined, 4 



Palmella (pal-meTa) phase: description 

 of, 44 ; among the algae, 50 ; among 

 the Chrysophyceae, 61 ; among the 

 Euglenineae, 68 ; among the Isokontae, 

 53 ; among the volvox, 57 ; of Sphae- 

 rella lacustris, 54* 



Paramecium caudatum (par"a-me'shi- 

 um ko-da'tum) : assimulation of food, 

 96; being swallowed by a Didinium 

 nasutum, 97* ; function of contractile 

 vacuole, 91 ; in need of a doctor, 99* ; 

 reorganization, 87 ; reproduction of, 

 83*; starvation experiments with, 

 89 



Paramecium bursaria (par"a-me'shi-um 

 bur-sa'ri-a) : "green cells" of, 58 



Paramylum (par-am'i-lum), 68 



Parasites : from the intestine of a newt, 

 74*; obligatory, 71, 105; genus of Tre- 

 ponema, 26 ; Adelea ovata, 105* ; Cris- 

 taspira, 25*; Diplodinium ecaudatum, 

 10*; Eimeria schubergi, 107*, 108*, 

 109*; giant bacillus, 16*; Giardia 

 muris, 73*; Haemogregarine stepa- 

 nowi, 106* ; Haplozoon clymenellae, 

 53* ; Treponema gallinarum, 29* ; Tre- 

 ponema microgyrata, 26*; Treponema 

 pallidum, 26, 27* ; Trichonympha cam- 

 panula, 103*; Trypanosoma gam- 

 biense, 74* 



Parasitism : among protozoa, 101 



Parrot -fever : cause of, 15 



Parthenogensis (par"the-no-jen'e-s!s) : 

 among diatoms, 64; in the volvox 

 group, 55, 56 



Parthenogonidium ( par "the-no-go-md'i- 

 um) : defined, 55 



Pascher (pa-sher), Adolf (1881- ), 

 German botanist, 55 



Pasteur (pas-tur'), Louis (1822-1895), 

 French chemist : lays foundation for 

 bacteriology, 17 ; work of, 7 



Pelomyxa (peT'6-mik'sa), 98 



Penium (pen'i-um), 59 



Pennatae (pen'na-te), 63 



Peptones : formation aided bv bacteria, 

 19 



Peranema trichophora (pe"ra-ne'ma 

 tn"k6'fo-ra), 68, 69*^ 



Peridiniales (per"T-din"i-a'lez), 65 



Phacus (fa'kus), 68 



Pheocapsina (fe"6-kap'sT-nr\), 48 



Pheophyceae (fe"6-fi'se-e), 49 



Photosynthesis (fo"t6-sin'the-sis) : ex- 

 planation of, 46 



Phylum (fi'lum) : defined, 40 



Phytochrysin (fl"t6-kns'in), 60 



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