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INDEX 



Aspergillus spp., 20 

 Autolysis, 4 

 Azotobacter vinelandii, 4 



Bacillus cereus, 33, 64 

 Bacillus megaterium, 10, 29, 33 

 Bacillus pumilis, 33 

 Bacillus sp., 4, 32 

 Bacillus stearothermophilus, 33 

 Bacillus subtilis, 2, 29, 33 

 Bacillus thuringiensis, 33 

 Bacitracin, 76 

 Bacteria, capsules, 2 



flagella, 3 



lysis of, 58 



phage infected, 13 



protoplasts of, 5, 73 

 Bacteriophage, 50 

 Baker's yeast, 19 

 Biosynthesis, of cellulose, 77 



of chitin, 65 



of microbial walls, 64 



of mucopeptides, 67 



of muramic acid, 66 



of wall-precursor nucleotides, 

 78 



pathways for cell walls, 80 

 Blue-green algae, walls of, 17, 21 



Candida albicans, 20 

 Candida pulcherrima, 20 

 Candida tropicalis, 6 

 Capsules, 2 

 Carbohydrases, 58 

 3-O-Carboxyethyl-D-glucosamine, 



40 

 7-Carboxyl group of glutamic 



acid, 38 

 Carboxypeptidase, 37 

 Carotenoids, 17, 21 



Cellulose, biosynthesis of, 80 



from walls, 19, 58 

 Cell walls, O-acetyl groups in, 48 

 amino acid composition, 30, 34 

 amino sugar contents, 19, 29, 49 

 biosynthesis of, 64, 80 

 chemical composition of, 16, 19, 



25 

 dideoxyhexoses in, 52 

 disaggregation of, 53 

 electron microscopy of, 5 

 enzymic digestion of, 57 

 O-ester groups in, 48 

 fine structure of, 5, 8, 14 

 free amino groups in, 36 

 from bacteria, 2, 8, 14 

 from blue-green algae, 21 

 from diatoms, 20 

 from fungi, 8, 20 

 from green algae, 7, 1 8, 20 

 from myxobacteria, 21 

 from red algae, 20 

 from yeasts, 5, 14, 19 

 glycerophosphate compounds in, 



44 

 heptoses in, 52 

 incorporation of radioactive 



compounds into, 66, 67, 71 

 inhibition of synthesis of, 72 

 intermediates of, 72 

 isolation of, 3 

 lipid contents of, 26, 49 

 lysozyme action on, 50, 59 

 macromolecules in, 8, 14 

 microfibrillar structure of, 7, 14 

 monosaccharide constituents of, 



20,42 

 mucopeptides of, 21 

 mucopolysaccharides of, 21 

 multilayered, 11, 14 



