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INDEX 



Allantoic acid, 75 



Allantoin, fermentation of, 61, 62, 



75,76 

 4-Aminoimidazole, 83-84 

 4-Amino-5-imidazolecarboxylic 



acid, 83 

 5-Arainovalerate, 59 

 5,10-Anhydroformyltetrahydro- 



folic acid, 85 

 Arginine, fermentation of, 59, 60 

 Arsenolysis of acetyl phosphate, 



39, 40 

 Asparagine, fermentation of, 59 

 Aspartate, fermentation of, 60, 



63 

 formation from orotic acid, 76 

 ATP synthesis, by CI. kluyveri, 48, 



49 

 in formiminoglycine metabolism, 



84-85, 86, 87 



Bacillus acidi-urici, see Clostrid- 

 ium acidi-urici 



Bacillus me thani genes, 5 



Bacillus proteus vulgaris, 59 



Bacillus putrificus, 60 



Butyraldehyde, 52 



Butyrate, oxidation of, 36, 43, 46- 

 49 

 synthesis of, 36, 46-49 



Butyribacterium rettgeri, 34 



Butyric acid-butanol fermenta- 

 tions, chemistry of, in 1931, 

 29, 30 



Butyryl coenzyme A, 43, 45, 46, 

 49, 50, 51 



Butyryl coenzyme A dehydrogen- 

 ase, 46, 47, 48 



Butyryl phosphate, 35, 42, 43, 52 



Caproate formation, 32, 49, 50 



Carbon dioxide, conversion to ace- 

 tate, 34, 81 

 reduction theory of methane 



formation, 16-21 

 utilization by methane bacteria, 

 13 

 Carbon monoxide decomposition, 



9-11,23,24 

 Cellulose fermentation, 3-5, 9 

 Citramalate, role in glutamate fer- 

 mentation, 69, 70, 71 

 Clostridium acetobutylicum, 28, 



31, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 

 Clostridium acidi-urici, 61, 62, 77- 



87 

 Clostridium botulinum, 59, 64, 71 

 Clostridium butylicum, 35, 36, 42 

 Clostridium butyricum, 41, 59 

 Clostridium cochlearium, 61 

 Clostridium cylindrosporum, 61, 



62, 77, 78, 84 

 Clostridium histolyticum, 59 

 Clostridium kluyveri, 31, 32, 33, 



35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 



44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 



52 

 Clostridium lactoacetophilum, 33 

 Clostridium perfringens, 8, 9 

 Clostridium propionicum, 61, 62, 



73-75 

 Clostridium saccharobutyricum, 



64, 71 

 Clostridium sporogenes, 58, 64, 



72 

 Clostridium sticklandii, 49, 64 

 Clostridium tetani, 64, 71 

 Clostridium tetanomorphum, 61, 



63, 64-71 



Clostridium tyrobutyricum, 31, 32, 



33 

 Clostridium welchii, 64 



