INDEX 



ACETALDEHYDE, 33, 39, 151 i 

 Acetic acid formation, 131-2, 136, 

 143, 145-7, 166 



oxidation, 153 



Acetoacetic acid, 145-6 



— decarboxylase, 54, 79, 145 

 Acetobacter, 19, 113, 148-50 



— xylinum, 19, 120, 149 

 Acetone, 29, 79, 145 

 Acetone-butanol fermentation, 



142-5 

 Acetylase, 34, 103 

 Acetylmethylcarbinol, 19, 71, 136-8 

 Acetyl phosphate, 35, 55, 130, 146, 



151 

 Acridines, 12, 202-3 

 Acriflavin, 202-3 

 Adaptive enzymes, 65-6 

 Adenine-nicotinamide-dinucleotide, 



31 

 Adenine-riboflavin -dinucleotide, 



32 

 Adenosine -tri-phosphate, 32, 55, 



129-31, 151 

 AdenyHc acid, 32, 35, 129-31, 163 

 Adrenaline, 169 

 Aerobacter aerogenes, 20 



acetvlmethylcarbinol, 136-8 



differentiation, 20, 22, 137, 



153 



— — succinic acid, 134-5 



— indologenes, 83 

 Aerobes, strict, 13 

 Aerosporin, 200 

 Age of culture, 75-81 

 Agglutination, 14 

 Agmatine, 168, 169 

 D- alanine, 94 



Alanine deaminase, 67, 160 

 j3-alanine, 104, 109, 117, 168, 169 

 Alcohol dehydrogenase, 46, 73, 

 128, 150 



— oxidation, 148-56 

 Aldehydes, 43, 53, 149 

 Aldohexose, 149 

 Aldolase, 125, 126, 129 



Amine oxidase, 43, 181, 202 

 Amines, 54, 167-70 

 Amino-acids as H-acceptors, 166 

 Amino-acid assimilation, 69,99,198 



— deaminases, 159-67 



-decarboxylases, 33, 54, 71, 



72, 79, 167-70 



growth requirements, 93-100 



metabolism, 155, 158-75 



D-amino-acid oxidase, 39, 43 

 L-amino-acid oxidase, 43, 52, 161 

 p - amino -benzene - sulphonamide, 



112 

 ^-amino-benzoic acid, 38, 113-15 

 y-amino-butyric acid, 54, 168 

 Aminopolypeptidase, 51 

 8-amino -valeric acid, 166, 174 

 Amylase, 52, 143 

 Anaerobes, 13, 145 

 Aneurindiphosphate, 33 

 Antibiotics, 198-201 

 Antibody, 14, 121, 196 

 Antigen, 14, 196 

 Antitoxin, 188, 196 

 Arabinose, 64 

 Arginase, 171 

 Arginine breakdo^vn, 51, 172, 174 



— decarboxylase, 54, 167-70 



— dihydrolase^ 79, 172 



— synthesis, 97 

 Asparagine, 84 



Aspartase, 27, 35, 104, 162-3, 164 

 Aspartic acid, 26, 104, 162-3, 164, 180 



— decarboxylase, 168, 170 

 Aspergillus, 195 

 Assimilation, amino-acids, 69, 99, 



198 



— oxidative, 154 

 Athiorhodaceae, 87 

 Aureomycin, 201 

 Autotrophes, chemosynthetic, 84-5, 



181-3 



— photosynthetic, 85-7 

 Autotrophic heterophants, 87 

 Azide, 154 



Azotobacter, 16, 45, 54, 92, 95, 177 



205 



