SUBJECT INDEX 



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composition, 87, 94 

 concentration and purification, 83 

 diflTusion constant, 140 

 metabolic enzymes in, 238, 239 

 mutants, 302 

 size, 40, 47 

 weight, 47 

 Coliphage 29 alpha, effect on bacterial 

 host, 199 

 heat-resistant form, 59 

 Coliphage 6X174, size, 40 

 Complement, in neutralization of coli- 

 phages, 102, 114 

 in phage antigens study, 104, 105, 

 114 

 Corynebacterium species, 121 



lysogeny in, 366 

 Corynebacterium diphtheriae, lysogeniza- 



tion effect on, 378 

 Corynebacterium diphtheriae phage (s), 



morphology in electron micro- 

 scope, 36 

 typingby, 418, 419 

 Corynebacterium diphtheriae phage B, 



growth factors, 235 

 Corynebacterium diphtheriae phage jS, 



growth factors, 235 

 Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains, 



typing, 418, 419 

 Creation hypothesis, of bacteriophage 



origin, 6, 7 

 Cross-reactivation, definition, 439 

 of irradiated bacteriophages, 362- 

 64, 516 

 Crystal violet, effect on bacteriophage 



reproduction, 286 

 Cyanide, see also Cadmium cyanide 

 effect on bacteriophage synthesis, 

 19,53, 173,272,273,282,283, 

 519,520 

 effect on superinfection breakdown, 



214 

 in premature lysis of bacterio- 

 phages, 174, 175 



Cysteine, effect on bacteriophage re- 

 production, 275 

 effect on irradiation of bacterio- 

 phages, 75 

 effect on photodynamic action of 

 methylene blue, 65 

 Cystine, in coliphages, 90 



effect on irradiation of bacterio- 

 phages, 75 

 Cytology, of infected bacteria, 190- 



206 

 Cytosine. in coliphages. 90, 91 



D 



Degeneration hypothesis, of bacterio- 

 phage origin, 7 

 Dehydrogenase, in coliphage T2, 239 

 Deoxypentose nucleic acid, see Deoxy- 

 ribonucleic acid 

 Deoxypyridoxine, effect on bacterio- 

 phage reproduction, 277 

 Deoxyribonuclease (DNAase), in coli- 

 phage T6, 239 

 effect on phage ghosts, 37, 38 

 role in superinfection breakdown, 

 214-16, 231 

 Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), assay 

 in coliphage T2, 33 

 in bacteriophage, 6, 186, 187, 369 

 in coHphages, 88, 89, 208, 209, 315 

 breakdown following superin- 

 fection, 212-16, 328, 330 

 extinction coefficient, 92 

 incorporation of analogues into, 



284, 316 

 penetration into bacteria, 162-68, 



209, 210 

 in prophages, 367 

 synthesis during latent period, by 

 bacteriophages, 19, 181, 182, 

 247, 248, 254-64, 333, 334, 

 517, 518 



