INDEX 



91 



Cell walls, of Gram-negative bac- 

 teria, 14, 21, 48 



of Gram-positive bacteria, 8, 21, 

 28 



physical properties of, 15 



polysaccharides from, 19, 25, 44 



reaction with fluorodinitroben- 

 zene, 36 



ribitol-phosphate polymers in, 

 44 



strength of, 15 



teichoic acids of, 22, 44 



C-terminal groups of, 36, 38 



N -terminal groups of, 36 



thickness of, 16 



weight contribution of, 16 

 Chitin, biosynthesis of, 65 



in cell walls, 2, 18, 19 



structure of, 19 

 Chitobiose, 62 

 Chitodextrin, 65 

 Chloramphenicol, 68 

 Chlorella pyrenoidosa, 11, 14, 19, 



58 

 Chlorobium thiosiil phatoph i I u in , 



49 

 Chromatophores, 17 

 Clostridia, 31 



Coryyiebacterium diphtheriae, 43 

 Corynebacterium sp., 32 

 Coryjiebacterium xerosis, 45 

 D-Cycloserine, 77 



Cytidine diphosphoglycerol, 44, 75 

 Cytidine diphosphoribitol, 44, 75 

 Cytoplasm, 3 

 Cytoplasmic membrane, 13 



Diaminopimelic acid, biosynthesis 

 of, 72 

 discovery of, 29 

 in cell walls, 29 



Diaminopimelic acid, incorpora- 

 tion into walls, 69, 72 



in nucleotides, 76 



isomers of, 35 

 Diatoms, 20 

 Dideoxy sugars, 52 

 Digestion, alkaline, 2, 18 



with lysozyme, 50 

 Dinitrophenyl amino acids, 37 

 Disaccharide, liberated by lyso- 

 zyme, 59 



structure of, 60, 61 

 Disaggregation of walls, 53 

 Dische reaction, 52 

 Disintegration, of cells, 3, 4 



of walls, 4 

 Dunalliella, 20 



Electron microscopy of walls, 5 

 Enzymic digestion, of cell walls, 

 57,58 

 of cytoplasm, 4 

 Escherichia coli, 14, 19, 48, 83 

 O-Ester groups, 48 

 Eubacteria, 21 



Fibrils, 8 



Fimbriae, 5 



Flagella, 3, 5 



Fluorodinitrobenzene, 36, 42 



Fluorouracil, 76 



Fungi, cell walls from, 8, 20 



Galactosamine, 42 



Galactose, 20, 43 



Gentian violet, 76 



Glucan, content in yeast walls, 19 



protein complex of, 26, 27 



structure of, 25 

 Glucomannan, protein complexes 

 of, 26, 27 



