SUBJECT INDEX 



bryozoans, 366-367 

 Cypridina, 127 

 fireflies, 362 

 fishes, 367-374 

 fungus gnat, 364, 365 

 snails, 351, 352 

 squid, 353-356 

 starworms, 363 

 Luminous varieties, crosses between, 

 13 



Macroplankton, 344-347 

 Macrouridae, 19, 336, 367, 368 

 Madagascar, 347 

 Madras, 347, 398 

 Magnesium, effect on 



bact. luminescence in vitro, 212- 



213 

 firefly luminescence, 162, 167, 

 170-175, 178, 180, 181, 186, 

 188, 193, 194 

 porphyrin phosphorescence, 37 

 Magnesium phthallocyanines, fluor- 

 escence, 37 

 Malabar, 398 

 Malay, 358 

 Malay Peninsula, 335, 338, 344, 350, 



359, 361, 363, 364, 369 

 Malaya, 369 



Malic acid, effect on bact. lumines- 

 cence in vitro, 212-213, 226 

 Manganese, effect on 



bact. luminescence in vitro, 212- 



213 

 in firefly luminescence, 167, 177, 

 186, 187 

 Manukvvari, 363, 371 

 Markyok, 342 

 "Marine snow," 346 

 Marshall Islands, 337, 344 

 Mass spectroscopy, of 

 firefly luciferin, 205-207 

 riboflavin, 203-205 

 Mercuric ion, effect on 

 bacterial luciferase, 219 

 bact. luminescence in vitro, 223 

 Metal porphoryrins, 9 



447 



Methylacridone 



absorption spectrum, 102 

 fluorescence spectrum, 102, 104 

 luminescence spectrum, 104 



Methylethylenes, 39 



2-Methylnapthoquinone, photolabil- 

 ity of, 115 



Michaelis constant, 223, 224 



Micronesia, 335, 337, 338, 343, 359, 

 360, 361 



Midges, 1 



Millipedes, 364 



Misaki, 344, 349, 356, 366 



Mitsui Institute, 366 



Miyazaki, 339 



Miyazaki Pref., 339 



Mollusca, 349-356 



Momi, 363 



Monocentridae, 19 



Monterey Bay, 399 



Mt. Ryogami, 364 



Mucus, luminous, 348, 349, 360 



Muscle tension 



temp. -pressure relation, 273 



Mutants, of 



luminous bacteria, 10, 265-266, 

 337-338 



Mutsu Bay, 349 



Mycelium, luminous, 342, 360 



Myctophidae, 374 



Myctophoidea, 20 



Myokinase, 171, 172 



Myopsida, 17 



Myriopoda, 359 



Mysidacea, 18 



Nagamori, 363 



Nakanogo, 365 



Namerikawa, 345, 354 



Naphthalene, singlet-triplet split, 34 



Naphthoquinones, 130 



relation to luciferin, 115-122 



Naphthoquinones, effect on 

 bacterial luminescence, 210 

 bact. luminescence in vitro, 212, 

 223 



Narcosis, reversal by pressure, 278- 

 279 



