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Actinomycetes 



Dihydrostreptomycin, 117 

 Disease, causation of, 190 

 Dissociation, 74 



Distribution of actinomvcetes in na- 

 ture, 112, 120, 133-148 



in animal systems, 148 



in dust, 147-148 



in foodstuffs, 148 



in manures and composts, 144, 

 145 



in plant surfaces, 147 



in soil, 134-144 



in water basins, 144-146 

 Drechsler method, 48 

 Duche classification, 14 

 Durable cells, 26 

 Dust, actinomycetes in, 147-148 



Ecology as basis of classification, 



17 

 Endospores, 57 

 Enzyme production, 100-104, 191 



F-FORMS, 73, 74 



Fairy rings, 52, 58 



Foodstuff, actinomycetes in, 148 



Fradicin, 116 



Fragmentation spores, 19, 57 



Fungi, relationship to actinomvcetes, 1- 



2, 10-11 

 Fungi Imperfecti, 10 

 Fusion cells, 52 



Generic names, 5 

 Glycine, decomposition of, 81, 150 

 Grisein, 66, 117, 124, 128 

 Growth of actinomycetes, 84-86 

 Growth, environmental influence on, 

 107-108 



H-TYPE, 74 



fiemicelluloses, decomposition of, 93 



Hemolysins, 102 



Henrici method, 48 



Hereditary variations, 71-72 



Human and animal diseases, 170-186 

 actinomycosis, 173-176, 177-182 

 aerobic actinomvces infections, 



182-185 

 chemotherapy, 185-186 

 early investigations, 173-177 

 etiology, 170-173 

 recent studies, 176-182 



Humus, decomposition of, 151-152 



Hyphae, 50, 51 



Hyphomycetes, relationship to actino- 

 mycetes, 1-2, 10 



Identification, basis for, 17 

 Identification of important types, 22-45 

 Immunological reactions, 185 

 Industry, utilization in, 191 

 Infections, human and animal, 170-183 

 Invertase, 103-104 



Involution forms, 54 

 Irradiation of S. griseus, 124-125 



Jensen classification, 13-14 



Krainsky classification, 12 

 Krassilnikov classification, 14 



Lactic acid production, 86-88 

 Langeron classification, 13 

 Lavendulin, 40, 116 

 Lehman and Newmann classification, 



11 

 Life cycle of S. griseus, 38 

 Lignieres classification, 13 

 Lipase, 104 

 Litmocidin, 116 

 Lumpy jaw, 173, 182 

 Lysis, 60-67, 75, 102 

 Lysozyme, 104, 117 

 Lytic factor, 60-62 



Maduramycosis, 183 



Mannosidostreptomycin, 117, 126 



Manures, actinomvcetes in, 144, 145 



Media, 193-197 



Megaspores, 54 



Metabolism, 35, 79, 84, 90, 91, 128 



Microaerophilic, 59 



Microbiophag>', 63 



Micromonospora, identification of, 31- 



33 

 M. chalcea, description of, 32 

 Micromonosporin, 117 

 Mineral nutrients, 83-84 

 Morphology as basis of classification, 



17-19 

 Morphology of actinomycetes, 46, 49- 



53, 59 

 Morphological variations, 73-74 

 Mud, actinomvcetes in, 145-146 

 Musarin, 113-116 

 Mutants of S. griseus, 128-129 

 Mutations, 72-73 

 Mycetin, 116 

 Mycetomas, 179 

 Mycomycin, 116 



Natural processes, importance in, 



189-190 

 Neomycin, 117, 139 

 Nitrate reduction, 21, 89 

 Nitrogen distribution in S. griseus, 123 

 Nitrogen sources, 82-83 

 Nocardia, identification of, 24-28, 30 

 Nocardias, 26, 30 

 Nocardin, 116 



Nocardiosis, 176, 177, 182, 183 

 Node formation, 54 

 Nuclear staining, 49 

 Nutrient requirements, 79-30 

 Nutrition, 79-88 



