Table of Contents 



The Mineral Requirements for Sporuiation. Harold R. Curran 1 



Discussion. E. D. Weinberg 6 



An Approach to Synchronous Growth for Spore Production in 



Clostridium roseum. Robert E. Collier 10 



Discussion. William L. Brown 14 



The Effect of Nutritional and Environmental Conditions of 



Sporuiation. Z. John Ordal 18 



Discussion. Arnold J. Lund 26 



Bacterial Spore Germination — Definitions and Methods of 



Study. L. Leon Campbell, Jr. 33 



Discussion. E. S. Wynne 38 



Effect of Moisture Activity on Germination. Russell J. Beers 45 



Discussion. Morton M. Rayman 51 



Activators and Inhibitors of Germination. Clarence F. Schmidt ___. 56 



Discussion. Dudley S. Titus 63 



Chemical Changes Occurring During Spore Germination. 



Joan F. Powell 72 



Discussion. Jackson W. Foster 76 



Cytological Changes Occurring During Germination. C. F. RoBiNOW 83 



Discussion. P. C. Fitz-James 85 



Enzymes Active in the Intact Spore. Norman L. Lawrence 94 



Discussion. Herbert M. Nakata 97 



Enzymes Dormant in the Intact Spore. G. G. Krishna Murty 105 



Discussion. Brooks D. Church 113 



Non-oxidative Enzymes of Spore Extracts. Hillel S. Levinson 120 



Discussion. Bernard J. Krask , 135 



Oxidative Enzymes of Bacterial Spore Extracts. Harlyn Halvorson .... 144 



Discussion. Joan F. Powell 160 



Supplemental Notes. Joan F. Powell 163 



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