INDEX 



Agrobacterium (phytomonas) tu- 

 mejaciens, fatty acids of, 1 



Azelaic acid, formation from trans- 

 9, 1 0-methyleneoctadecanoic 

 acid, 44-46 



Bacterial fatty acids, distillation 

 curves of methyl esters, 2, 3 

 determination by gas-liquid 



chromatography, 33 

 estimation of, by rubber col- 

 umn chromatography, 32 

 Bacterial lipids, "bound" form of, 



1 

 Biotin, content of cells grown on 

 fatty acids, 40 

 fatty acids as precursors for bio- 

 synthesis, 40 



Clostridium butyricum, inability 

 to desaturate long-chain fatty 

 acids, 62 



Cyclopropane-cf5-l,2-diacetic acid, 

 conversion into long-chain cy- 

 clopropane fatty acids, 17-20 

 synthesis of, 17, 18 

 Cyclopropane fatty acids, biotin- 

 like growth promoting activity 

 of, 21 

 biotin-sparing action of, 28 

 chemical behavior of, 1 1 

 in Clostridium butyricum, 28 

 infrared absorption spectra oi, 



14 

 some physical properties of, 15 

 stereochemistry of, 9 



Decanoic acid, as precursor of sat- 

 urated and unsaturated fatty 

 acids of Clostridium butyri- 

 cum, 63 



cz5-3-Decenoic acid, as growth pro- 

 moter for Lactobacillus arabi- 

 nosus, 58-61 



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