450 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Rhode Island, 399 



Rhythmic flashing, of Beroe, 304, 



305 

 Riboflavin, 



and firefly luciferin, 200-202 

 chemiluminescence of, 235, 246 

 effect on bact. luminescence in 



vitro, 223, 241-242, 260 

 infrared absorption, 202 

 mass spectroscopy, 203-205 

 relation to bioluminescence, 8, 111 

 relation to firefly luciferin, 200- 

 202 

 "Rise time, ^2," of bacterial lumines- 

 cence in vitro, 224-229 

 Rota, 340 



Saccopharyngidae, 20 



Sagami Bay, 356 



Saipan, 340, 344 



Saitama Pref., 364 



Salamander larvae, 278-279 



Salinity, relation to red water con- 

 ditions, 398, 399, 401, 402 



Salt, effect on luminous bacteria, 336 



Sandakan Bay, 344, 369 



San Pedro, Calif., 399 



Sawara, 359 



Schizopoda, 18 



Scotland, 399 



Screening devices, in luminescence 

 control, 1, 2, 299, 307-308, 

 316, 370, 374 



Scyphomedusae, 16 



Sea lettuce, 61 



Sea of Japan, 368 



"Sea snow," 346 



Sendai, 337 



Serranidae, 19 



Seto, 346 



Shikoku, 368 



Shimoda, 366 



Shizopoda, 18 



Silver sulfate, eflfect on bact. lumi- 

 nescence in vitro, 223 



Singapore, 335, 338, 339, 341, 350, 

 354, 361, 363, 364, 369 



Singlet-singlet transitions, 27 



Singlet-triplet split, definition, 34 



Singlet-triplet transition, 27 



significance of atomic numbers, 

 36, 37 



Siphonophora, 16 



Slime, luminous, 366 



Snake venom, 242 



Soret band, 73 



South Africa, 399 



South Kyushu, 339 



Southwest Africa, 402 



Spores, luminescent, 339, 341 



Squash seed coat, fluorescence spec- 

 trum, 65 



Sternoptychidae, 374 



fran5-Stilbene, 39 



Stomiatoidea, 20 



Sueyoshi, 351 



Sugami Bay, 374 



Sulfanilamide, effect on bact. lumi- 

 nescence in vitro, 291 



Sumatra, 335, 344 



Summation, of flashes, 304, 305, 

 312, 314, 320 



Suruga Bay, 335, 345, 346, 354, 

 356, 374 



Syllidae, 17 



Symbiosis, of luminous bacteria, 1, 

 2, 299, 313, 335, 336, 353, 

 354, 367, 368, 372 



Synchronous flashing, 20, 361-363 



Tawao, 339 

 Teleostomi, 3, 19 

 Temperature, effect on 



bacterial luminescence, 269-277 

 bact. luminescence in vitro, 221, 



285-289 

 chemiluminescence intensity, 80- 



81 

 chemiluminescence spectrum, 103- 



105 

 eflSciency of luminescence, 81-86 

 firefly luminescence, 167 

 growth and luminescence, 266- 



269 

 luminescent response, 320 

 luminous bacteria, 370 



