Actinomycetes 



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General Index 



Occurrence of actinomycetes in 



NATURE, 1, 17, 35 

 Odor production, 91-93 

 Odorifer type, 5 

 Oidiospores, 22, 55, 57 

 Organic compounds utilization, 87, 



149-151 

 Orskov classification, 13 

 Oxidative mechanisms, 105 

 Oxygen consumption, 88 



Parasitic actinomycetes, 35 



Pathogenic actinomycetes, 171 



Pathogenicity, 35, 'l70, 186 



Peat bogs, actinomycetes in, 147 



Peat, decomposition of, 152 



PeniciUinase production, 105 



Phage, see Actinophage 



Phylogeny, 1-21 



Physiologic races, 76 



Physiological variations, 75-78 



Pig jaw, 177 



Pigment production, 94-97 



Plant actinomycoses, 166-167 



Plant diseases,' 155-169 



antagonistic organisms, influence 



of, 167-168 

 cultural methods, 168-169 

 methods of control, 167-169 



Plant pathogenic bacteria, inhibition of, 

 115 



Plant residues, decomposition of, 151- 

 152 



Plant surfaces, actinomycetes on, 147 



Plasmolysis, 54 



Polymorphism, 72 



Potato scab, 155-164 



development of, 115 

 organism in soil, 161-162 



Proactinomycin, 116 



Proteases, 100-103 



R-forms, 72, 73, 74 



Ray-fungus, 3, 46 



Reaction, influence of, 90, 101-103. 



165 

 Resistance to antibiotics, 131 

 Resting cells, 105 

 Rocks, actinomycetes in, 147-148 

 Rough strains, 34 



S-forms, 72 

 S-type, 74 

 Saltants, 73 



Saprophytic actinomycetes, 35 

 Scab, see Potato scab 

 Scabies type, 5 

 Schabad classification, 12 

 Schizomycetes, relationship to actino- 

 mycetes, 1-2, 10 

 Sectoring, 76 

 Segmentation, 55 

 Septa, 53 



Septation, 56 



Shaken cultures, growth in, 90 

 Smcgmatis factor, 117 

 Soft rot, 165-166 



Soil actinomycetes, nature of, 134-144 

 Soil environment and scab develop- 

 ment, 162-164 

 Spiral formation, 19, 57 

 Spoilage, agents of, 190 

 Spore formation, 54-57 

 Spore germination, 36, 50, 56 

 Spores, nature of, 36, 57 

 Sporophores, 18, 53 

 Sporulation, 19, 39, 52, 54-59 

 Stable manure, 80 

 Staining of actinomycetes, 46-49 

 Stem necrosis, 164 

 Straw, decomposition of, 152 

 Streptin, 1 16 

 Streptocin, 116, 118 

 Streptolin, 40, 116 



identification of, 28, 31 

 Streptomyces alhus, 31 

 S. antihioticiis, description of, 42 

 S. atireofaciens, 42-43 

 S. griseus, description of, 36-38, 63 

 S. lavendulae, description of, 38-41 

 S. scabies, description of, 43-45 

 S. veneziielae, 41-42, 44 

 Streptomycin, 37-38, 116-117, 118 



antibiotic spectrum of, 124 



clinical use, 150-151 



isolation of, 120-123, 125 



producing strains, 63, 66 



production, 37 



resistance, 131 



sensitivity, 37 

 Streptothricin, 40, 116, 119, 120, 126 



production, 77-78 

 Streptothricine, 185 

 Streptothricosis, 177, 182 

 Submerged growth, 123 

 Sugar and mangel beet scab, 164-165 

 Sulfur granules, 173, 177 

 Sulphactin, 116 

 Superbiolase, 191 

 Sweet potato pox, 165-166 

 Synonyms, 5 



Taxonomy, 1-21 



Temperature, eff^ect of, 45, 89, 91, 



92 

 Terminology, 1-21 

 Terramycin, 116 

 Thermophilic actinomycetes, 48, 62, 



97-99 

 Thermophilic composts, 153-154 

 Thiamin production, 104 

 Tubercle bacilli, inhibition of, 121 

 Type constancy, 67 



Ultraviolet radiations, 73 

 Urea metabolism, 81 



