INDEX 



AcETALDEHYDE, condensation. 278 



— detection, 464 



— fixation, 245 



— formation by fungi, 302 



— hydrogen acceptor, 202, 204 



— intermediate in fat synthesis, 382, 



et. seq. 

 fermentation, 245, 309, 316 



— reductase, 212 



crystalline, 41 



Acetarsol, 130 

 Acetic acid, 245 

 detection, 465 



fermentation, 322 et seq. 



— — formation, 247, 254 

 Aceto-acetic acid, 313, 316 

 Acetobacter aceti, water content, 58 



— ascendens, 322 



— ■ 'pasteurianum, 322 



— suhoxydans, growth factors for, 101, 



118 



oxidation by, 241, 242 



■ — xylinmn, cellulose in, 61, 345 



glyoxalase in, 246 



■ oxidation by, 242, 243 



vinegar fermentation, 322 



Acetoin, detection, 467 



— formation, 252 



— reduction, 253, 278 



— Voges-Proskauer reaction, 252 

 Acetone, 242 



— detection, 464 



— by fermentation, 312 ei seq. 

 Acetonedicarboxylic acid, 284, 299 

 Acetylmethylcarbinol, see Acetoin 

 Acid, definition, 4 



— production by bacteria, 245 et seq. 

 by fungi, 282 et seq. 



theories of, 297 



Acid-fast bacteria, fatty acids in, 370 

 phosphorus in ash of, 59 



— waxes, 372 



Aconitic acid, 285 

 cis-Aconitic acid, 302 

 Acridine dyes, drug resistance to, 155 

 Acriflavine, inhibition of hydrogen 

 transportases, 135 



— woimd antiseptic, 131 

 Actinomyces albus, 157 



— antibioticus, 157 



— ccelicolor, 391 



— lavendulce, 182 



— pigments in, 387, 388, 389 



— violaceus, 157 



— violaceus-riiber , 391 



— waksmanii, 390 

 Actinomycetin, 157 

 Actinomycin, 157 



— A-, 157 



— B-, 157, 158 

 Acyl proteins, 415 

 Adenine, 333 



— as growth factor, 131, 145 



— reversal of sulphonamide activity, 



145 

 Adenosine-3-triphosphate, in Tk. tliio- 



oxidans, 72 



5-triphosphate, 111 



in micro-organisms, 72 



as phosphate donor, 257, 



275, 320, 367 

 Adenylic acid, 107, 108, 275, 332 

 Adsorption, isotherm, 446 



— polar groups and, 34, 35 

 Aeration, effect on lipoid content, 63 

 Aerobacter aerogenes, 174, 245, 252 



action of sulphonamides on, 140 



adaptive enzymes in, 91 



aneurin in, 103 



glyoxalase in, 321 



growth factors in, 115 



— cloaccB, 226 



— indologenes, COg fixation, 259 



— levanicum, levansucrase in, 350 



