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INDEX 



BACILLACEAE, 17, 18 

 BacilHn, 200 

 Bacillus, 18, 138, 200 

 Bacillus anthracis, 21, 188 



— brevis, 3, 200 



— mesentericus, 119 



— methanicus, 87 



— phlei, 162 



— subtilis, 21, 22, 119, 161 

 Bacitracin, 200 



Bacteria, chemical agents, 1-9 



— description, 10 



— identification, 11-23 



— size, 10 

 Bacterial cellulose, 120 



— chlorophyll, 86 



— enzymes, 24-56 



— pigments, 45, 86 



— polysaccharides, 119-21 



— vitamins, 100 

 Bacteriostasis, 113, 115, 198 

 Barbituric acid, 117 

 Betacoccus arabinosaceus, 64, 120 

 Binary fission, 10, 75, 76, 82 

 Biochemical mutants, 97 

 Biocytin, 35, 163 



Biotin, 35, 89, 104, 112, 163, 165 

 Butadiene, 138 

 Butvl alcohol, 71, 123, 142-5 

 Butylene glycol, 123, 138 

 Butyric acid, 71, 142-7, 155 



CALCIUM, 83, 92 

 Caproic acid, 146-7, 155 

 Capsules, 119, 120-2, 188 

 Carbohydrate, growth effect, 67-8 

 Carbon dioxide, arginine dihydro- 

 lase, 172 



— autotrophic requirements, 83-7, 



89 



— fixation, 104, 134-5, 139, 156 



— heterotrophic requirements, 



107, 155 

 Carbonic anhydrase, 34 

 Carboxylase, 33, 53, 140 

 Carboxy poly peptidase, 51 

 Casei factor, 89 



Catalase, 34, 43, 46, 72, 83, 105 

 Cell-division, 75 

 Cell-size, 76 



Cell-wall, 200 



■ — permeabihty, 62, 99 



Ceilobiose, 52, 120 



Cellulase, 52 



Cellulobacillus myxogenes, 52 



CeUulose, 4, 52, 120 



Cheese, 188 



Chemosynthetic autotrophes, 83-5, 



181-2 

 Chemotherapeutic agents, 115, 



198-203 

 Chitin, 4 



Chloromycetin, 201 

 ChlorophyU, 10, 86 

 ChoHne, 35, 103 

 Chromobacteria, 176, 183 

 Chromosome, 59 

 Citric acid, 35, 153 

 Citrulhne, 94 

 Classification, 15-23, 59 

 Clostridia, 18, 142-7, 155-6, 165-7, 



169-70, 174 

 Clostridium acetobutylicum, 21 



acetoacetic decarboxylase 



53, 145 



amylase, 52, 143 



fermentation, 142-5 



growth factors, 107, 108, 113 



starch hydrolysis, 52 



— aerofoetidutn, 170 



— botulinum, 21, 165, 194 



— butylicum, 145 



— histolyticum, 157, 190, 192 



— kluyverii, 145, 155 



— oedematiens, 190 



— pastor ianum, 92, 177 



— septicum, 169, 170, 190 



— sporogenes, 108, 157, 165-7, 174, 



190, 192 



— tetanomorphum, 167 



— tetanum, 21, 22, 45, 196 



— welchii, 21 



amino-acid metabolism, 174 



gas gangrene, 189-95 



histidine decarboxylase, 169, 



170, 191 



hydrogenase, 182-3 



life cycle, 186, 190 



nitrate reduction, 182-3 



starch breakdown, 52 



toxins, 193 



