INDEX 



Acetylamino sugars liberated by 



lysozyme, 59, 61, 62 

 N-Acetyl compounds, 42 

 N-Acetylglucosaminidase, 62 

 O-Acetyl groups and lysozyme sen- 

 sitivity, 63 

 Aerococci, 31 

 D-Alanine, 35, 77, 78, 79 

 O-Alanyl groups, 45, 48 

 Alkaline digestion of cells, 2, 18 

 Allomyces macrogyrus, 18 

 Amidase, from Streptomyces, 64 

 Amino acids, composition of walls, 

 30, 32, 34 

 C-terminal, 36, 38 

 detected in walls, 20, 22, 29 

 DNP, derivates of, 37 

 ester-linked, 30, 45 

 incorporation into protein, 68, 



70 

 incorporation into walls, 68, 70, 

 72 



Amino acids, D-isomers in nucleo- 

 tides, 73, 79 

 D-isomers in walls, 35, 79 

 proportions of isomers in walls, 



36 

 sequence of, 33 

 N-terminal, 36, 37 

 Aminosuccinoyllysine, 34 

 Amino sugars, backbone in wall, 

 63 

 content in walls, 29, 49 

 oligosaccharides, 41, 63 

 Ammonia, from hydrolyzed walls, 



34 

 Anacystis nidulans, 17, 21 

 Anhydroributol, 46 

 Antibiotics, effect on bacterial 

 wall, 72 

 including nucleotide accumula- 

 tion, 65, 72, 76 

 Arabinose, 42, 43 

 D-Aspartic acid, 35 



