Subject Index 



Absorption 



mirror image of fluorescence, 100 

 Absorption spectra of 



anthraquinones, 118-119 



bacterial luciferin, 113, 114 



chlorophyll, magnesium role, 33 



Cypridina luciferin, 130, 132, 

 138-146 

 effect of pH on, 140-146 

 effect of oxygen on, 140-145 



1 ,4-dihydroxynapthyl-2-hydroxy- 

 methylketone, 112, 116, 118 



DPD's, 107 



firefly luciferin, 166, 200-202 



methyl acridone, 102 



Photiniis pyralis, 116 



phycoerythrin, 56 



riboflavin, 202 

 Absorption spectrum 



relation to solvent, 31 



relation to structure, 118-121, 

 125-126 

 Absorption spectrum, UV, of 



Cypridina luciferin, 138-146, 151 



firefly luciferin, 200-201 



naphthoquinones, 118-121 

 Acetylcholine, 330 



in firefly luminescence, 194, 330 

 Acropomatidae, 19, 336, 368 

 Action potentials, 320, 328 

 Action spectrum, for 



fluorescence in Nitzschia, 68 



quenching of bacterial light, 111- 

 114 

 Activation energy, of 



bact. luminescence in vitro, 220- 

 221, 223 



firefly luminescence, 167 

 luminol luminescence, 85 

 oxvgen use in chemiluminescence, 

 90-91 



ADP, effect on 



bact. luminescence in vitro, 212 

 fireflv luminescence, 164, 171, 

 'l72, 175, 176 



Adrenalin, 306-308 



Africa, 402 



Aigae Bay, 348 



Akashio, 344 



Alciopidae, 17 



Alcohol, effect on 



bacterial luminescence, 279 

 bact. luminescence in vitro, 291 

 globulin denaturation, 282 



Aldehyde, dodecyl, in 



bact. luminescence in vitro, 262 



Aldehydes, effects on 



bact. luminescence in vitro, 216- 

 218, 223, 224, 234-238, 259, 

 284, 285, 288, 291-292 

 respiration of bact. extracts, 224, 

 225 



Algae, 43 



blue green, 52 

 red, 51, 52, 68-72 

 chlorophylls in, 68-72 

 phycobflins in, 68-72 



Alpha luciferin, 149 



Amami-Oshima Island, 360 



Amboina, 339 



L-Amino oxidase, 242 



Amphipoda, 18 



Annelida, 347-349 



Anomalopidae, 2, 19 



435 



