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GENERAL INDEX 



Fungi (coni.) 



substances produced by, i, 130, 200- 

 214, 329 ^ 



survival in soil, 3 00 

 Fungicidal, defined, 332 

 Fungistatic, defined, 332 

 Fungistatic factor, 256 

 Fungistatic properties, 58 

 Fungus infections of animals, 16 



Gangrene, 27, 266 



Garbage disposal, 2 1 5 



Garre's method of testing antagonistic 



action, 61 

 Gigantic acid. See Flavicin 

 Gladiolic acid, 149, 172, 329 

 Gliotoxin, 70, 133, 142, 144-145, 

 170, 173, 211-212, 213, 244, 

 258, 298, 314, 319, 320, 329 

 antiluminescent activity, 81, 82 

 chemical nature, 173, 178, 21 1-2 1 2 

 compared with other antibiotics, 74, 

 222 



crystals, Fig 20 (p. 209) 



effect on bacteria, 73, 212, 223, 244 



effect on fungi, 73, 150, 153 



medium, 144 



production, 72, 144-145 



toxicity, 178, 244, 298 

 Glucose-oxidase, 225 

 Glutinosin, 173, 214, 329 

 Gonorrhea, treatment with penicillin, 



276 

 Gramicidin, 70, 92, 170, 173, 228, 

 242, 261, 298 



antiluminescent activity, 81, 82 



chemical nature, 173, 178, 185-186 



compared with other antibiotics, 74, 

 221 



compared with penicillin, 221, 222, 



237> 239 

 compared with tyrocidine, 221, 230 

 crystals, Fig. 20 (p. 209) 

 effect on bacteria, 82, 232 

 hemolytic action, 231, 254 

 inhibition, 256 



mode of action, 226, 230, 248, 254 

 therapeutic value, 231, 280 



Gramicidin (coni.) 



toxicity, 178, 230, 280, 282, 283, 



298 

 Gramicidin S, 92, 188, 286 

 Gramidinic acid, 82 

 Gram-negative bacteria in soil, 28-32 

 Gram stain and sensitivity to antibiotic 



substances, 223 

 Growth-promoting substances, 46, 63, 



150, 224 



Helvolic acid. See Fumigacin 

 Hemipyocyanin, 82, 153, 179, 181, 



219 

 Hemolysin production method of meas- 

 uring antibiotic activity, 83 

 Hemolytic action. See Blood cells, he- 

 molysis of 

 Hetero-antagonism, 47 

 Heterotrophic bacteria in manure, 21 

 Histone, 254 



Human and animal wastes, 1 9-3 5 

 composting of, 308 

 destruction of microorganisms, 25- 



26 

 garbage, 25 



manure and fecal residues, 20—22 

 composition and decomposition, 



22-23 

 microbial population, 20-22, 92 

 sewage, 24—25 

 survival of pathogens, 26-35 

 Humic acids, 4 

 Humus compounds, effect on actinomy- 



cin, 256 

 Hydrogenase, 225 

 Hypholin, 229 



Hyphomycetes, antibiotics produced by, 

 149 



Inactivator, nontoxic, defined, 163— 



164, 332 

 Inactivators of viruses, 163-166 

 Indirect antagonism, 46, 48 

 Infections, wound, 316-317 



treatment, 275, 278 

 Influenza organisms, 28, 86 

 Infusoria, lysis of, 99 

 Inhibins, 330 



