CONTENTS 



The Author iv 



Preface ix 



The Compost hy Walt Whitman xi 



Contents xii 



List of Illustrations xv 



List of Tables xvii 



INTRODUCTORY 1 



Chapter I 



TERMINOLOGY, PHYLOGENY, AND TAXONOMY:-Syn 



ONYMs OF Generic Names of Actinomycetes— Systematic Position 

 AND Classification of Actinomycetes— Identification of Actino- 

 mycetes 3 



Chafter 11 

 IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTIONS OF IMPORTANT 



TYPES:— Cl,ASSIFICATION OF AcTINOMYCETALES— DESCRIPTION OF SEV- 

 ERAL Important Actinomycetes 22 



Chapter 111 



MORPHOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE: -Staining of Actinomy- 

 cetes— General Morphology— Sporulation of Actinomycetes— 

 Types of Growth on Solid and Liquid Media 46 



Chapter IV 



VARIATIONS AND MUTATIONS: -Types of Variation-Cul- 

 ture Consistency 69 



Chapter V . 



METABOLISM OF ACTINOMYCETES— GROWTH AND 

 NUTRITION; PRODUCTION OF ODORS AND PIGMENTS:- 



NuTRiENT Requirements— Growth and Cell Synthesis of Aerobic 



