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INDEX 



Escherichia coli, alcohol dehydro- 

 genase, 46, 73 



■ amino-acid deaminases, 160, 



165 



decarboxylases, 71-2, 75, 



170 



aspartase, 162-3 



carbon dioxide requirements, 



107 



citric acid formation, 35 



cysteine desulphurase, 165 



• cytochrome, 44-5 



fermentation, 128-9, 131-6, 



140-50 



formic dehydrogenase, 44 



glutamic acid dehydrogenase, 



47, 52, 160 



growth requirements, 69, 108 



histidine breakdown, 163 



• hydrogenase, 48, 74, 183 



• indole formation, 172-4 



iron requirements, 83 



lactic acid formation, 133 



— — ■ mahc dehydrogenase, 46 



mutabile, 61-2 



mutants, 94 



nitratase, 48, 183 



■ rate of division, 8, 82 



serine dehydrase, 49, 71, 164 



strain differences, 21-2 



• transaminase, 95 



-tryptophan metabolism, 



172-4 

 Essential metabohtes, 82, 114 

 Ethyl alcohol, 39, 123, 140-1, 145, 



155 

 Euhacteriales, 16, 17 



FACULATIVE anaerobes, 13, 163 

 Families, 15 

 Fats, 4, 48 



Fatty acids, 48, 87, 145-7, 156, 162 

 Fermentation, adaptive nature, 

 64-6 



— Aerobacter, 136-8 



— CI. acetobutylicum., 142-5 



— Esch. coli, 131-6 



— glucose, 123-45 



— Propionibacteria, 138-9 



— Schemes, 125, 139, 142 



Fermentation, "viscous," 119 

 Fertilisation of soil, 87 

 Fission-fungi, 15 

 Flavine-adenine-dinucleotide, 32, 



41 

 Fluoride, 128, 138, 141 

 Folic acid, 89, 103, 110, 112 

 Foot-and-mouth virus, 10 

 Formic acid, 28, 131-2 



— — ■ dehydrogenase, 44, 72, 83, 



183 



— hydrogenlyase, 83, 132 

 Fructosan, 119 

 Fructose, 20, 87 

 Fructosediphosphate, 128 

 Fructose-6-phosphate, 126 

 Fumarase, 26, 135, 162-3 

 Fumaric acid, 26, 93, 135, 162-3 



GALACTOSE, 64, 69 

 Galactozymase, 65, 69 

 Gas gangrene, 167, 189-95 

 Gel, polysaccharide, 119 

 Gelatinase, 50 

 Gelatine, 50, 84 

 Gene, 59, 96 

 Genera, 17-18 

 Genetic constitution, 59-63 

 Gluconic acid, 149 

 Glucosamine, 199 

 Glucosan, 120 



Glucose, effect on enzyme forma- 

 tion, 66, 69 



— fermentation, 123-45 



— oxidation, 64 



— protein-sparing action, 66 

 Glucose-6-phosphate, 126-9 

 Glucozymase, 68, 69, 74 

 Glucuronic acid, 121, 192 

 Glutamic acid, assimilation, 69, 



99, 198 



deaminase, 68, 160, 161 



decarboxylase, 54, 160, 



167-70 

 dehydrogenase, 47, 52, 93, 



161 



^polypeptide in capsules, 188 



synthesis, 161 



Glyceraldehyde-phosphate, 126-9, 

 133, 140, 153 



