GENERAL INDEX 



Abyss, II 



Achlyogeton salinum, 134 

 Achromatiaceae, 162, 163 

 Achromaiium, 127 



— gigas, 163 



— muUeri, 2, 163 



— oxaliferum, 163 

 Arhromobacler, 97, 115, 123, 125. 



173, 188, 189, 190 



— ambiguum, 172, 173 



— aquamarinus , 124 



— fischeri, 119 



— galophiium, 202 



— geniculaium, ij2 



— granii, 140 



— halophilum, 202 



— harveyi, 119 



— ichlhyodermis, 175 



— litorale, 5 



— liloralis, 1 73 



— luminosum, 119 



— pellucidum, 172, igo 



— phosphoreum, iig 



— phosphoricum, 119 



— pikowskyi, 202 



— siaiionisj 124 

 -^ sienohahs, 155 



— viscidum, 172 



>4 cAy/a flagellala, 176 

 Actinomyces, 57, 99, 102, 115, 126, 

 128, 147 



— albus, 100 



— halotrichis, 128, 139 



— marinolimosus, 128, 139 



— melanogenes, 139, 202 

 Actinoniycetales in sea, 126, 128 

 Adsorption of bacteria, 83-87, 91, 



202 

 Aerial transport of microbes, 178, 



180, 181 

 Aerobacter, 125, 185, 188, 189 



— aerogenes, 184, 185, 187 



— cloacae, 187 

 Aerobes, 68 



— and Eh, 49 



— in mud, 90-99, 107, 117 

 Agar, as solidifying agent, 44 



— plating temperature, 121, 122 



— substitutes, 45 

 Agarbacterium, 127 



— auranliacum, 140 



— bu/o, 140 



— cyanoides, 140 



— meseniericus, 140 



— reducans, 140 



— viscosum, 140 

 Agar-digesting bacteria, 44, 77, ii6, 



140 



— in muds, 99 



— relation to N-fixers, 156 



— species of, 140, 141 

 Aged sea water, 44, 58 

 Aggregation of particles, 112, 113 

 Air, bacteria in, 3, 5, 7, 1 77-181 



— pollens in, 179, 180 



— yeasts and molds in, 178, 179 

 Ala-Kule Lake, 146 



Algae, blue-green, 23, 164 



— brown, 134 



— cause of red water, 165 



— decomposition, 143 



— film-forming, 193, 194 



— green, 23, 143 



— in Dead Sea, 204 



— in Great Salt Lake, 202, 203 



— in mud, 99 



— in sea, 22, 23 



— molds associated with, 131-13S 



— N-fixation by, 157 



— nitrogen content, 143 



— parasitism of, 131-135, 171 



— red, 140, 171 



— relation to N-fixers, 156, 157 

 Alginic acid, 140, 141 

 AUernaria, 131 



— marilima, 132 

 Aluminum ppt., 104 

 Ambergris, 199 



American Petroleum Institute, 146 

 Amino acid utilization, 88, 143 



— by plants, 150 



— effect on CaCOs ppt., 100-103 

 Ammonia, oxidation, 151-153 



— production, 102, 142, 150, 151 

 — • utilization by plants, 150 

 Ammonia-N, in sea water, 18 



— microbial utilization, 88, 150 

 Ammonifiers, 8, 98, 102, 142, 150, 



151, 207 

 Amoebobacter, 124, 166 



— granulae, 164 

 Amphisphaeria marilima, 132 

 Amygdalin decomposition, 139 

 Amyloclastic bacteria, 98, n8, 139 

 Anaerobes, and Eh, 49 



— enumeration, 49-51 



— in mud, 93, 97, 98, 107 



— isolation of, 51 



— jars, so, 51 



Analysis of samples, at sea, 39, 40 



— direct counts, 51-58 



— plate count media, 41-44 



— successive dilution method, 48, 

 4Q 



Andros Island, 7, 90 

 Animals, bacterial flora, s, 6, 7, 172, 

 173 



— bacterial nutrition, 79, 80, 96, 

 137, 172-175 



— effect on bacteria, 78-80, 96, 97, 

 172 



— injured by HjS, 160 



— in sea, 23-25, 77-80 



— light organs, 173 

 Antagonism, microbial, 80-82, 176 

 Antarctic Ocean, bacteria in, 7, 60 

 Antibiosis, 80, 176 

 Aphano/nyces astaci, 175 

 Aphanothece packardii, 203 

 Aphotic zone, 11 



Aquatic yeasts and molds, 129-135, 



171 

 Arctic Ocean, 8, 130 



— seas, 5, 6, 8, 152, 160, 162 

 Arlemia gracilis, 203 



Artificial sea water, 21, 47, 48, 121 



Ascomycetes, 129, 135 



Ascorbic acid for anaerobes, 50 



Aspergillus, 131, 178 



Atlantic Ocean, 3-8, 60, 61, 64, 67 



Attachment, count, 57, 58 



— organisms, 56-58, 85, 124, 193, 

 194 



— propensities of chitmoclasts, 144 

 Autotrophic bacteria, 95, 103, 104, 



161-166 

 Azores Islands, 129, 130 

 Azotobacter, 125, 156, 202 



— chroococcum, 156 



Bacillus, 5, 93, 115, 121, 126, 155, 

 173, 187, 188, 189 



— abysseus, 115 



— amylobacter, 156 



— anlhracis, 182 



— argenteo-phosphorescens, 119 



— borborokoiles, 115 



— cereus, 5 



— chilinovorus , 144 



— cirrnjiagellosus, 115 



— columnaris, 175 



— cyaneo-phosphorescens, 119 



— epiphylicus, 115, 124 



— filicolonicus , 115 



— gelaticus, 140 



— granulosis, 5 



— halop/iilus, 5 



— immomarinus, 115 



— kildini, 8 



— limicola, 5 



— limosus, 5 

 — liloralis, $ 



— maritimus, 5 



— mycoides, s, 100 



— pelagicus, $ 



— phosphorescens gelidus, 119 



— psychrocarlericus, 201 



— salinus, 100 



— sphaericus, 5 



— sporonema, 171 



— submarinus, 115, 146 



— sublilis, 69, 82 



— thalassokoiles, 115 



— Ihalassophilus, 5 



— tumescens, 5 



Bacteria, as chemical agents, 100- 

 113 



— as food, 24, 79, 80, 96, 172-175, 

 203 



— as geological agents, 100-113 



— importance of, 1, 8, 9, 100-113, 

 150-176, 193-199 



— in sea, 2-8, 38, 59-68, 75, 90-99, 

 124-127 



Bacterial, genera in sea, 124-127 



— growth near 0° C, 3-8, 45, 98, 

 122, 123, 144, 190, 201 



— periphyton, 57, 85, 124, 193 



— "plate," 161, 201 



— stratification, 68, 161, 201 

 Bactericidal action, of metal, 31, 32 



— of sea water, 47, 81, 182, 183 

 Bacteriochlorin, i66 

 Bacteriological samplers, 26-33 

 Bacteriophage, 82, 83 

 Bacteriopurpurin, 164 

 Bacteriostatic substance in sea 



water, 47, 81 

 Bacterium, 8, 115, 126 



— actinopelte, 155 



— albo-luteum, 100 



— alginicum, 141 



— alginovorum, 141 



— amforeti, 8 



— arcticum, 8 



— balbiani, 171 



— ballicum, 155 



— barentsianum, 8 



— bauri, 155 



— beijerincki, 8 



— brandti, 155 



— breilfussi, 8 



— calcis, loi, 155 



— cellulosae album, 140 



— cellulosae Jiavum, 140 



— chilinochroma, 144 



— chitinophilum, 144 



— fausseki, 8 



— feiteli, 155 



— Jiavum, 8 



— fucicola, 141 



— giardi, 119 



— granii, 155 



— halobium, 204 



— halobium rubrum, 190 



— halophilicum, 197 



— halophilum, 5 



— helgolanicum, 155 



— henseni, 155 



— hydro suljureum ponlicum, 159 



— immotum, 124 



— knipowitchi, 8 



— laminariae, 171 



— linkoe, 8 



— lobatum, 155 



— marinopiscosus, 175 



— marinum, 8 



— ornatum, 15s 



— papillare, 8 



— repens, 155 



— russelli^ 155 



— salmontcida, 175 



— septentrionale, 8 



— sewanense, 103 



— siccum, 8 



— smaragdinophosphorescens, 119 



— sociovivum, 124 



— spirale, 8 



— trapanicum, 197, 204 



— triviale, 155 



— zopfii, 1 90 

 Bacleroides, 125 



— halosmophilus, 197 



