SUBJECT INDEX 



569 



Bacillus megaterium, lysogenic strain, 10 



megacins in, 391 

 Bacillus megaterium 899, infection effect 

 on, 201 

 lysogenization effect on, 379 

 Bacillus megaterium phage, antigenicity, 

 100, 105 

 composition, 94 



concentration and purification, 85 

 growth factors, 235, 306 

 inactivation, 79 

 morphology in electron microscope, 



36 

 taxonomic criteria, 424 

 Bacillus megaterium phage M, neutrali- 

 zation, 110 

 Bacillus megaterium phage M5, inactiva- 

 tion, 67 

 Bacillus megaterium phage 899, growth 



factors, 235 

 Bacillus species, 121 

 lysogeny in, 366 

 Bacillus subtilis, sensitivity to megacin, 



391 

 Bacillus subtilis phage, antisera, 99 

 inactivation, 64, 79 

 morphology in electron microscope, 



36 

 reproduction, inhibition, 279 

 Bacteria, see also Colicinogenic, Lyso- 

 genic, Megacinogenic, and Pyo- 

 cinogenic bacteria 

 agglutination of phage-coated, 106, 



107 

 antigens of, 123, 124, 152-59. 398, 



399 

 colicin-resistant, 385, 386 

 colicins effect on, 386, 387 

 detergents effect on, 52 

 effect on burst size of bacterio- 

 phages, 171 

 effect on host range of bacterio- 

 phages, 133-35, 291-93, 317 



effect on latent period of bacterio- 

 phages, 169, 303, 304 

 effect on neutralization of bacterio 



phages, 115, 116 

 environment, relation to colicin pro- 

 duction, 388, 389 

 enzymes in, relation to phage re- 

 production, 242-44 

 indicator, definition, 440 



uses, 494-501 

 infected, changes during bacterio- 

 phage cycle, 18, 19, 165-68, 

 189-206,244,245,516-18 

 colicins effect on, 387 

 DNA synthesis in, 254-64, 518 

 irradiation effect on, 175-82, 247, 



310,311,518-19 

 protein synthesis in, 249-54, 263 

 by two or more bacteriophages 

 (mixed infection), 295, 307, 

 308, 319-30 

 mustard gas effect on, 245, 246 

 phage-resistant, 398 



methods of study, 490-501 

 nomenclature, 126, 127, 491 

 as taxonomic criterion for 



bacteriophages, 423 

 in typing of bacteriophages, 419, 

 420 

 pre-infection, relation to phage 



reproduction, 243, 244 

 resistance, relation to colicins and 



bacteriophages, 386 

 resistant, definition, 442 

 sensitive, definition, 442 

 soil, identification by bacteriophage 



typing, 402 

 strains(s) of, effect on assay of 

 bacteriophage, 28 

 typing by bacteriophages, 395- 

 420 

 ultraviolet light effect on, 148, 177, 

 245-47,310-16,318 



