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— minimum layer, 20, 168 



— relation to Eh, 49 



Oysters, bacteriology of, 185-188 



— "score," 187 



— spoilage by yeasts, 130 



— typhoid bacillus in, 182, 186 



Pacific Ocean, 61, 62, 64, 98, 184 

 Parasitic fungi, 131-135 

 Particle-binding action, 112, 113 

 Particle size of sediments, 94 

 Particulate material, 19, 84-87, 168, 

 ^ 173 

 Pathogens, animal, 175, 176 



— cholera vibrio in sea, 81, 182, 183 



— for lobsters, 144, 175 



— in sea water, 182, 183, 191 



— paratyphoids in sea, 191 



— plant, 131-135. 171 



— survival in shellfish, 185 



— typhoid bacillus in sea, 182, 183, 

 186, 191 



Peat, bacteria in, 92 

 Pectin fermenters, 99, 141 

 Pelagic, zone, 11 



— bottom deposits, 22 

 Pelodictyon, 166 

 Penicillium, 131, 135, 178 



— nolatum, 80 



Periphytic bacteria, 57, 84, 193 

 Peritrichospora, inlegra, 132 



— lacera, 132 

 Peronosporales, 133 

 Petersenia, 131-133, 176 



— andreei, 132 



— lobata, 131, 132 



— pollagaster, 131, 132 

 PetroS-Hausser counter, 52 

 Petroleum, assimilation, 99 



— bacterial oxidation, 99, 146-148 



— effect of hydrogen on, 109 



— fats as progenitor, 145 



— from cellulose, 140 



— relation to sulfate reducers, 160 

 Petschora Sea, 103 



/>H (see H-ion cone.) 



— indicative of fish spoilage, 199 



— optima for marine molds, 133 

 Phacus, 166 



Pharcidia petveiiae, 131 

 Phialophorophoma litoralis, 132 

 Phormidium, 166 

 Phosphate, assimilation, 167 



— in sea water, 18, 167, 169 



— regeneration, 168 

 Phosphorus, cycle, 167-169 



— in sediments, 111 

 Pkotobaclerium, 127 



— annulare, 4 



— balticum, 119 



— caraibicum, 4 



— coronatum, 4 



— cyaneum, 119 



— degenerans, 4 



— delagadense, 4 

 — fischeri, 118 



— glutinosum, 4 



— hirsutum, 4 



— indicum, 3, n8 

 — javanense, 119 



— luminosum, 118 



— papillare, 4 



— pfliigeri, 119 



— phosphorescens, 118 



— plymouthii, 119 



— tuberosum, 4 



Photogenic bacteria, 3, 4, 118, 119, 



173 

 Phycomycetes, 129, 131-135 

 Phyllospadix, 23 

 Physiological characteristics, 117- 



119 

 Phytoplankton, 24, 73 



— effect on bacteria, 60, 67, 75, 77, 

 78.96 



— in lakes, 136 



— molds associated with, 131 



— nitrogen requirements, 88, 150 



— vertical distribution, 67 

 Pigment production. 116, 117, 164, 



196 



— by sulfur bacteria, 164, 166 



— in fish, 116, 117, 190 



Pink yeasts, 102, 130, 178, i88, 190 

 Planet Expedition, 7 

 Planktonj 24, 25, 77 



— bacteria associated with, 52, 67, 

 77, 78, 87 



— decomposition, 150, 153 

 Plants, effect on bacteria, 77, 78, 95, 



96, 170 



— marine, 22, 23 

 Plasmodiophorales, 133 

 Plate counts, deviation, 59, 60 



— effect of temperature, 121-123 



— media for, 41-45 



— vs. dilution method counts, 48, 49 

 Plating temperature, 121, 122 

 Pleospora pelveiiae, 131 

 Pleolrachelus, 131 



— inhabilis, 131 



— minulus, 131 



— olpidium, 132 



— paradoxus, 131 



— rosenvingii, 131, 132 

 Poising capacity of mud, 106 

 Poison of shellfish, 199 

 Pollens in air, 179, 180 

 Pollution, of sea water, 184, 191 



— terrigenous, 61 



Pontisma lagenidioides, 131, 132 

 Pools, swimming, 191 

 Poiamogelon, 23, 96 

 Precipitation, microbes in, 179 

 Prescription bottles, for plate 

 counts, 39, 40 



— for water blanks, 40 

 Pressure-cooker anaerobe jar, 50 

 Pressure, hydrostatic, 16, 32, a, 69 



— osmotic, 15, 16, 48 



Primary productivity, 136, 137, 167 



Prince Rupert water sampler, 31 



Proaclinomyces, 128 



Prorocentrum, 199 



— - micans, 164 



Proteus, 125, 173, 188, 189 



— vulgaris, 100 

 Protococcales, 166 

 Protococcus, 166 



— salinus, 116, 196 

 Protozoans, effect on bacteria, 78-80 



— importance of, 24 



— ingest bacteria, 24, 36, 79, 173 



— in Great Salt Lake, 202, 203 



— in sea, 23, 24, 132 



— in sediments, 97, 99, 164 

 Pseudomonas, 99, 115, 121, 125, 147, 



173, 188, 189 



— aeslumarina, 155 



— azotogena, 155 



— calciphilia, 102 



— calcipraecipitans, 102, 155 



— calcis, 101, 102, 155 



— coenobios, 124 



— droebachense, 140 



— enalia, 146 



— felthami, 146 



— fluorescens, 80, 172, 190 



— gelatica, 140, 156 



— halestorgus, 204 



— hy pother r>iis, 141, 151 



— ichthyodermis, 175 



— indigo/era, 204 



— iridescens, 139 



— marinoglutinosus, 1 24 



— marinopersica, 141, 155 



— membranoformis, 1 24 



— membranula, 1 24 



— neritica, 116 



— obscura, 116 



— oceanica, 116 



— perfectomarinus, 141, 155 



— periphyta, 124, 141 



— phosphorescens, 3 



— pierantonii, 119 



— pleomorpha, 139 



— salinaria, 197 



— sessilis, 1 24 



— stereolropis, 124 



— vadosa, 116 



— xanthochrus, 116 

 Psychrophiles, 3-8, 45, 98, 122, 123, 



144, 190, 201 

 Pteropod ooze, 22 

 Public health problems, 182, 183, 



185, 188, 191, 197, 199 

 Purple bacteria, i6i, 164-166 



— cause of red water, 165 

 Putter's theory, 173 

 Pyrenomycetes, 131 

 Pyrrhosorus marinus, 133 

 Pylhium marinum 132 



Radiations, 12, 13, 64, 67, 69-73, 76 

 Radiolaria, 22, 24 

 Radiolarian ooze, 22, 24 



Rain, microbes in, 179 



Rainfall, effect on bacteria, 60, 62 



Ratio method of counting bacteria, 



55 , 

 Red clay, 22 

 Red Lake, 99, 108 

 Redox potential of muds, 106 

 Red Sea, 15, 165, 178 

 Red water, 164, 165, 207 

 Reef, 11 



Remispora maritima, 132 

 Renn mud sampler, 33 

 Reuszer's medium, 42 

 Reynier's water sampler, 28 

 Rhabdomonas, 126 



— rosea, 165 

 Rhizophydium, 131 



— agile, 135 



— codicoloj 131 



— dicksonii, 134 



— discinclum, 131, 132 



— gelatinosum, 134 



— globosum, 132 



— marinum, 134 

 Rhizopus, 131 



Rhodobacterioides, 165, i66 

 Rhodobacterium capsulatum, 165 

 Rhodocapsa, 126 



— suspensa, 164, 165 

 Rhodococcus, 165, 189 



— agilis, 172 

 Rhodorrhagus, 126, 165 

 Rhodothece, 126 



— pendens, 164, 165 

 Rhodothiobaderium, 161, 164-166 

 Ridge, 10 



Rise, 10 



River water, bacteriophage in, 82 



— chemical composition, 17 



— thermal sensitivity of bacteria , 

 122 



Rope deterioration, 135, 141, 195 

 Rossi direct counts, 55 

 Rotifer eggs parasitized, in, 176 

 Rotted sea water, 58 

 Rowboat crane, 40 

 Rozella marina, 132, 134 

 Rubber-bottle water sampler, 29-31 

 Rubber deterioration, 148, 196 



Saccharolytic activities, 117, 118, 



138, 139 

 Saccharomyces, 130 



— cerevisiae, 130 



— ellipsoidus, 130 



— olexudans , 102 

 Salinity, of sea water, 15, 16 



— requirements of bacteria, 42-44, 

 119-121 



— requirements of fungi, 132, 133 

 Salmon, bacterial flora of, 188, 189 

 Salt, bacteria in, 196, 197 



— chitinoclasts m, 144 



— lakes, 15, 58, 140 



— tolerance, 42-44, 119-121 

 Salterns, 116 



Samarosporella pelagica, 132 

 Samplers, mud, 33-36 



— water, 3, 6, 26-33 

 Samples, effect of storage, 36, 37 



— exammation at sea, 2, 39, 40 

 • — temperature of, 38 



San Diego Bay, 62, 63, 119 

 Sand, bacterial content, 94 



— crabs, 174, 199 



— particle size, 22, 94 

 San Francisco Bay, 196 

 Sanitary problems, 182-192, 197, 



199, 201 

 Saprolegnia, 133, 175 



— /erax, 175 



— parasitica, 176 

 Sapropel, marine, iii 

 Saprospira, 127, 128 



— grandis, 187 



— lepta, 187 



— puncla, 187 

 Sarcina, 125, 189 



— litoralis, 197 



— lulea, 188 



— morrhuae, 190, 204 



— pclagia, 121, 146 



— psychrocarteria, 201 

 Sarcinastrum urosporae, 171 

 Sardines, bacteria of, 133, 190 



— eggs parasitized, 133 

 Sargasso Sea, 12, 13, 60, 152 

 Schistosomiasis, 191 



