TABLE OF CONTENTS 



The Actinomycetes 



Volume II 



CLASSIFICATION, IDENTIFICATION, AND DESCRIPTION 

 OF GENERA AND SPECIES 



Preface V 



Introductory vii 



1. The Specie- Concept in Relation to the Actinomycetes 1 



2. The Genus Actinomyces 12 



3. The ( renus Nocardia 21 



4. Characterization of Streptomyces Species 61 



.'). System.- of Classification and hlent ifical ion of ( Sroups and Specie,- of the 



( renus Streptomyces 82 



6. Series and Species of the Genus Streptomyces 11.") 



7. Classification of Streptomyces Species L52 



8. Description of Species of Streptomyces 165 



9. The Genus M icromonospora 293 



10. The Genus Waksmania I M icrobispora) 298 



I 1 . Thermophilic Actinomycetes 300 



12. Actinoplanaceae 310 



L3. Incompletely Described Species of Actinomycetes 315 



Appendix I. Color Designations for Describing Actinomycetes (Lin- 



denbein) 327 



Appendix [I. Certain Important Media for the Study of Actinomycetes 328 



References 335 



Index of Organisms 347 



General Index 360 



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