Cl'.M.IJAL INI)i:.\ 



325 



M()i|)li(il()iiic;il cliarnclcrisl ics 

 .[(■tiiioiiii/rcs, St) 



coiistancv in species and <;(Miei:i, Nd 

 in iiientification, 18 

 M inoinonospoid, 79, Oii 

 Xocanlia, 88 



r(>lation to those of l)acteii:i ami tinigi, 13 

 St re ptoiii !/(■(!< . [)'2 

 variations in, 101 

 Motility, 81 

 Mutations 



as affected liy inadial ion. 107 

 as alTected by pliysical and chemical agents. 100 

 development of jihage-resistance, 110 

 genetic studies on Strcptonn/ccs, 110 

 saltations. 106 

 M\c('liuni. 

 aerial 

 CO re mi a, 84 



formation, as aftected hy medium. 67 

 pigmentation, 83 

 secondary, S4 



structure and <in)\vlli, 75. 82 

 verticil formation, 21, 83 

 zonation, in Sircpfomi/ces colony, 25 

 substrate 



structure and growth, 73, 74, 75. SO 

 suspensions, as affected by sli.aking, 25 

 Mycetoma, 261, 262, 264 

 Mycolysate, clinical use, 209 

 Mycorrhizal associations, 275 



Xeomycin product ion 

 and properties, 230, 236, 237 

 relation to autolysis, 171 



by Slreptuuiyces fradiae, as affected by metals, 

 142 

 Xeomycin B, effect on growth of broad beans, 196 

 Niacin production by Streptomyces olivaceus, 194 

 Xitrate reduction, 156, 157 

 Xitrification, 156 

 Xitrogen 

 fixation, 157 

 sources, utilization 

 amino acids, 126 

 plant proteins. 127 



relation to antibiotic production, 124, 127 

 relation to carbon utilization, 128 

 bj' various actinomycetes, 122. 126 

 Xocardiosis, 261, 263, 264 

 X'omenclature 



Actinotnyces, historical significance, 52 



generic, systems, 47 



specific, 49 



Slrcpl(jlhii.r. historical significance, 51 



< lilur jinxhicl idii. i:;, !,")(;, i.>.")() 

 ( (forms, !)() 

 ( )leandomycin, 2.38 

 Oxidation of steroids and lipids, 1.52 

 Oxygen consumijtion, 129 



Owtcl rac\ cliiie. prdduclinii an<l properties, 165, 

 237 



Paiitdlhenic acid, production by Streptomyces 



olivaceus, 191 

 I'aradin decom])osition, 156, 247 

 Parasitic actinomycetes, 251 



P.-ithogenicity, variability of Streptomyces scabies, 

 104; see also Diseases of animals, Diseases of 

 plants 

 Penicillinase production, 1!)1 

 Phage, effect on lytic propcities, 110 

 Phenol oxidases, 189 



Phosphatase jjroduction by anaerobic actino- 

 mycetes, 192 

 Phosphofructokinase production by Streptomyces 



(■(lelicolor, 189 

 Phosphoglyceryl kinase production by Strepto- 

 myces coelicolor, 189 

 Physiological variations, 103 

 Picromycin, 2.38 

 Pigment production 



as affected by environment, 203 



relation to antibiotic production, 198, 202-204 



relation to antimicrobial activity, 217 



by Streptomyces, as affected by metals, 1.39, 144 



by tetracyclines, 206 



use in classifying actinomycetes, 198 

 Pigments 



anthocyanins, 200 



brown-black, 202 



carotinoids, 202 



chemical and physical i)roperties, 198, 200 



chromopars, 199 



chromophores, 199 



green, nature of, 200 



hydroactinochromes, 201 



lipoact inochromes, 202 



prodigiosin, 202 



rhodomycin, 202 



.solubility, 199 



use in classifying antibiotics, 204 



variations, 103, 105 

 Plant 



development, as affected by actinomycetes, 276 



resiilues, decomposition, 243 

 Poisons, antimicrobial effects, 137 

 Polyene antibiotics, 2.38-240 

 Polysaccharidase profluction, 188 



