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GENERAL INDEX 



Streptomycin {cont.) 

 lysis of organism, 127 

 media, 68-69 

 precursor for, 125 

 production, 119, 124-125, 193 

 resistance of bacteria to, 241, 257— 



259 

 toxicity, 178, 287, 290, 292-293 

 tuberculosis treatment, 288, 289— 



296 

 tularemia treatment, 288, 289 

 urinary infections, treatment, 288, 

 294, 296 

 Streptomycin unit, defined, 332 

 Streptothricin, 75, 82, 11 9-1 24, 129, 

 153, 165, 175, 240-241, 298, 

 299. 3195 320, 329 

 bacteriostatic spectrum, 220 

 chemical nature, 175, 191— 193, 



199-200 

 compared with other antibiotics, 74, 



219-223, 226 

 diiferentiation of bacteria by, 260 

 effect on bacteria, 74, 123, 223, 251 

 effect on fungi, 74, 124 

 media, 68-69 

 production, 11 9-1 24 

 resistance of bacteria to, 241 

 therapeutic value, 287, 288, 292 

 toxicity, 178, 287 

 Structural formulae of antibiotic sub- 

 stances, 182 

 Submerged growth, 65, 67, 109 

 Subtilin, 88, 92, 163, 175, 188, 233, 



286-287, 299, 319, 320, 329 

 Subtilysin, 92, 188, 329 

 Successive inoculation method, 61 

 Sulfanilamide 



antiluminescent activity, 82 

 compared with penicillin, 226-227, 



235, 237-238 

 effect on bacteria, 82 

 inhibition of antibacterial action, 

 255 

 Sulfhydryl groups, 255 

 Sulfonamide, 232, 258 

 bacteria resistant to, 276 

 compared with penicillin, 268, 269, 

 277 

 Suppressor, defined, 3 3 i 



Surface tension, 225, 254 



Surgical infections, treatment of, 275, 



278 

 Symbiosis, 13, 37—39, 42 

 Synergism, 39 



Synthetic media, 64, 66-67, 68 

 Syphilis, treatment with penicillin, 277 



Take-all disease, 39 



Tannic acid, effect on actinomycin, 56 



Temperature for growth of antagonists, 



.65 

 Testing antagonistic action, methods, 



59-69 

 Testing in vivo activity, methods, 83— 



84 

 Tetanus organisms, survival of, 27 

 Tetanus toxin, 169 

 Texas fever, 17 



Thermolabile substances, 46, 89 

 Thermophilic actinomycetes, 127 

 Thermophilic bacteria, 89 

 Ticks, bactericidal action of, 161 

 Tissue culture, 81 

 Tolu-/)-quinone, 82 

 Tomatin, 330 

 Toxic substances, 46 

 Toxicity of antibiotic substances, 178, 



229, 241, 286-287, 297, 298- 



299 

 Toxin destruction, 169, 233 

 Toxin of bacteria, 163 

 Toxin production, 42, 47, 106, 304 

 Toxoflavin, 189, 329 

 True antagonism, 46, 48 

 Trypanosome parasites, 158—159, 276- 



277 

 Trypanotoxin, 158, 175, 329, 332 

 Tubercle bacillus, 28, 33—34 



inhibition by microorganisms, 146, 



245 

 in human and animal wastes, 21 

 Tuberculocidin, 245, 332 

 Tuberculosis, chemotherapy of, 263, 



289-296 

 Tuberculostatic, defined, 332 

 Tularemia, treatment of, 288, 289 

 Tumors, 168—169 

 Turbidimetric method, 78-8 1 



