444 



Immune reactions, of luminous bac- 

 teria, 336 

 Illumination, by 



luminous bact., 338 



Cypridina luminescence, 357 

 India, 342, 398 

 Indo-China, 344, 359 

 Indole, 169 

 Infrared absorption, of 



Brefly luciferin, 200-202 



riboflavin, 202 

 Inhibition, of 



luminescence by light, 9, 10, 16- 

 21, 111-114, 309-310, 325, 

 371, 416-419 



luminescent responses, 308-310 

 Inhibitors, of 



bacterial luciferase, 219, 278-284 



bacterial luminescence, 278-284 



bact. luminescence in vitro, 221- 

 223, 260, 291 



firefly luminescence, 168-169, 

 186-188 

 Inhibitory fibers, 310 

 Intermedin, 321 

 Intrinsic lifetime, 30 

 lodoacetate, effect on 



bact. luminescence in vitro, 223 

 Iron porphyrins, nonfluorescence, 37 

 Isopoda, 18, 337 

 Isoptera, 3 

 Ivy leaf, 61, 62 

 Iwayama Bay, 350 

 Izu Peninsula, 345, 366 



Jakarta, 345, 369 



Japan, 13, 333, 335-338, 344. 345, 



348, 349, 353, 359, 360. 361, 



369, 374, 398, 404 

 Java, 344, 345, 358, 363, 369 

 Johore, 350 

 Johore Baharu, 363 

 Jurong, 364 



Kalimon Island, 350 

 Kanagawa Pref., 366 

 Kanminato Bay, 371 

 Kautsky effect, 71-72 



SUBJECT INDEX 



KCF (palmitic aldehyde), effects on 

 bact. luminescence in vitro, 216— 

 218, 228, 230, 231 

 Kelong, 369 

 Kochi, 349, 366, 368 

 Kochi Pref., 348 

 Kominato, 371 

 Korea, 347, 360 

 Kuroshio, 345 

 Kushu, 348 

 Kyushu, 339 



La JoUa, 389 

 Lampyridae, 19 

 Lampyrids, 9, 333 



Latent period, of luminescent re- 

 sponses, 306, 320 

 Latiidae, 17 



Leiognathidae, 19, 336, 369 

 Lepidoptera, 3, 18 

 Loch Craighn, 392 

 Loch Striven, 399 

 Luciferase, bacterial 



electrophoresis, 258 



general properties, 219 



inhibitors of, 219, 223 



molecular weight, 257 



purification, 219, 257-258 

 Luciferase, firefly 



complex with ATP, 181-182 



complex with phosphate, 181-196 



concentration vs. light, 174-176 



immobilization, 181-182 



purification of, 162-166 

 Luciferase, specificity, 13-14 

 Luciferin 



acetyl, 131 



definition, 7, 241-243, 263 

 Luciferin, bacterial 



absorption spectrum, 113, 114 



definition, 241-243, 263 



dual function, 113 



fluorescence of, 8 



identity of, 261 



possible nature of, 122, 130 



reversible oxidation, 113, 114 

 Luciferin, Cypridina 



absorption spectra, 116, 138-146 



