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INDEX 



Asjicrgillus sydowi , 305, 37S 

 ~ terreus, 306, 308, 31>U 



— vitamin-C in, 05 

 Aspirin, antisera to, 415 



— as determinant grouj), 415 

 Assimilation, 240 



Astacin, 390 

 Atebrine, 128, 130 



— inhibition of Plasmodium respira- 



tion, 151 

 Athiorhodacece, metabolism of, 74, 76 



— pigments, 391 

 Atoxyl, 405 



— azo-proteins, 405, 406, 449 



— in chemotherapy, 127 



— inhibition by ^-aminobenzoic acid, 



138 



of lipase, 135 



Atropine, inhibition of invertase, 135 

 Auroglaucin, 394 

 Autocatalysis, 331, 342 

 Autotrophic bacteria, 67 et seq. 



chemosynthetic, 67, 78 



classification, 69 



photosynthetic, 67, 78 



thermodynamic efficiency, 79 



Avidin, inhibition of biotin by, 104 

 Azotobacter, fixation of nitrogen, 214 



— chroococcum, fixation of nitrogen, 



221 et seq. 



gum of, 348 



nucleic acids, 336 



pigment, 389, 391 



sterol in, 377 



— utilisation of nitrate and nitrite, 



215 



Bacillus ac eto- ethyl icus, 245, 246, 312 



fermentation of pentosans by, 



312 



— acidificans longissimus, 319 



— aerogenes, see Aerobacter aerogenes 



— aminovorans , 328 



— anthracis, capsule of, 183, 338 



carbohydrates of, 362, 365 



cZ-glutamic acid in capsule, 183, 



338 



growth factors for, 185 



inhibition of, 156 



nucleic acids of, 336 



Bacillus hrcvis, 165 



— faecalis alcaligones, see Alcaligenes 



f(jEcalis 



— lactis, 351 

 pitiiitosi, 351 



— macerans, 312 



— mesentericus , aneurin in, 103 



antibiotic from, 183 



capsule of, 183, 338 



cZ-glutamic acid in capsule, 183, 



338 

 levan, 349 



— - — niger, pigment, 386, 388 



— mycoides, vitamin -B in, 65 



— polymyxa, levansucrase in, 350 



— ■ prodigiosus, see Serratia marcescens 



— pyocyaneus, see Pseudomonas aeru- 



ginosa 



— subtilis, adenosine triphosphate in, 



72 



(Z-glutamic acid in capsule, 183, 



338 



— — levan, 349 



proteolytic enzymes, 225 



— ■ — subtilin, 185 

 vitamin-B in, 65 



— typhosus, see Eberthella fyphosa 



— volutans, 315 

 Bacitracin, 185 

 Bacterial gums, 326, 348 

 Bacterio-chlorin, 73, 387, 390, 391 



— erythrin, 73, 390 



— phseophytin, 390 



— purpurin, 64, 69, 73, 390 



— xanthophyll, 390 

 Bacterium cocovenenans, 390 



— gluconicum, oxidation by, 243, 244 



— xylinoides, oxidation by, 244 



— — kojic acid from, 294 

 Ba3yer-205, 126 



Base, definition, 4 



B.C.G., carbohydrates of, 360 



— sterols in, 377 

 Beggiatoa, 69, 72 

 Benzaldehyde, reduction of, 278 

 Benzidine-R-salt, 418 

 Betabacterium vermiforme, dextran 



synthesis, 348 

 Biological reduction, 278 



