GENERAL INDEX 



Acetic acid production, 88 



Acid-fastness, 48 



Acid production, 86-88 



Acid reaction, effect of, 45 



Actidione, 116, 118 



Actinoflavin, 116 



Actinomyces hox'is, description of, 23- 



24, 33-35 

 Actinomycelin, 116 

 Actinomyces types, constancy of, 67 

 AcUnomyces, description of, 1, 23-24 



position among microorganisms, 



1-2 

 Actinomycetin, 104, 117, 130 

 Actinomvcin, 116, 119 

 Actinomycosis, 173-176, 180-181, 182, 



186 

 Actinophage, 61, 62-67 

 Actinorhodin, 116 

 Actinorubin, 116 

 Actinozyme, 117 

 Adaptive variations, 71 

 Aerial mycelium, 51-52, 58, 59 

 Aerobic organisms, 17, 45, 59, 84 

 Agar-decomposition, 75, 80 

 Agar-streak method, 113 

 Albus type, 5 



Amino acids, decomposition of, 81 

 Amylases, 103 

 Anaerobic organisms, 17, 59-60, 91, 



171-173, 179 

 Animal diseases (see Human diseases) 

 Animal systems, actinomycetes in, 148 

 Antagonistic organisms and scab con- 

 trol, 167-168 

 Antagonistic properties, 107-118, 120 

 Antibiotic spectrum, 122, 124 

 Antibiotics, 



chemotherapy, 130-131 



classification, 116-117 



isolation of, 118-119 



production, 76, 106, 117-118, 191 



testing, 119-120 

 Antifungal action, 112, 113, 114 

 Antimicrobial spectra, 119 

 Antimycin, 114, 116, 118 

 Antiphage factors, 117 

 Antivirotics, 117 

 Applied variations, 75-78 

 Arthrospores, 57 

 Aureomycin. 117 

 ) Autolysis, 60-62 



Autolytic enzymes, 104 



Bacteria, relationship to actino- 

 mycetes, 1-2, 10-11 



Bio, production of, 105, 191 



Bacteriolytic properties, 102, 104, 130 



Baldacci classification, 14-15 



Bibliography, 199-229 



Biochemical characteristics as basis of 

 classification, 21 



Borrelidin, 116 



Branching, 54, 57 



Buchanan classification, 1 1 



Budding, 26 



Cacao, actinomycetes in, 148 



Carbon sources, 80-82 



Carotinoids, production of, 97 



Cell synthesis, 84-86 



Cellular morphology, 35 



Cellulolytic enzymes, 104 



Chalmers and Christopherson classifica- 

 tion, 12 



Chemotherapy of actinomycosis, 185- 

 186 



Chlamydospores, 26, 54, 57 



Chloromycetin, 116 



Cholesterol oxidation, 105 



Chromogenus type, 5 



Classification of actinomycetes, 22-23 



Classification systems, 10-21 



Clubbed forms, 34, 177 



Colony formation, 22, 26, 50, 60 



Composts, actinomycetes in, 144, 145, 

 153-154 



Conidia production, 22, 58 



Constancy of types, 67 



Continuous variations, 71 



Cross-streak method, 106 



Cultural characteristics as basis of classi- 

 fication, 19-21 



Cultural variations, 74-75 



Culture constancy, 78 



Cytology, 53-54 



Deamination, 88-89 

 Decomposition of plant residues, 149- 

 154 



complex plant materials, 151-152 



humus, 152-153 



pure organic compounds, 149-151 



thermophilic composts, 153-154 

 Description of important actinomycetes, 



22-45 

 Developmental variations, 71 



