Marine Microbiology 



— 239 



General Index 



Schiromycetes in sea, 124-126 

 Scottish Antarctic Expedition, 7, 



153 

 Scripps Institution, 9, 41, 61, 64, 75, 



83, ii6, 146, 179 

 Sea-cock water sampler, 26, 27 

 Sea, depth and extent, 10 

 Sea fowls, 185 

 Sealskins, spoilage, 197 

 Sea of Azov, 103, 152, 160, 201 

 Seasonal distribution, 74 

 Sea water, aged, 58 



— bacteria in, 2-9, 62 



— chemical composition, I7~i0 



— dilution water blanks, 46-48 



— for media, 4, s, 8, 42-44, 119-121 



— organic content, 19, 87, 88 



— properties of, 13-20 



— required by yeasts, 130 



— synthetic or artificial, 21, 47, 48, 

 121 



Seaweeds, 6, 22, 60, 130, 152, 171, 

 199 



Sedimentation, 85-87 



Sediments (see mud or bottom de- 

 posits) 



Selenium oxidation, 166 



Semi-solid media, 51 



Serralia, 125, 173, 188, 190 



— marinorubra, 121, 146 



— pelagia, 155 



— salinaria, 190 



Sessile organisms, 56-58, 83-85, 124, 



193, 194 

 Sewage, bacteria, 119, 183 



— outfalls, 182, 184, 191, 201 

 Shelf, n 



Shell disease of lobsters, 144, 175 

 Shellfish, bacteriology of, 185-188 



— poison, 199 

 Ship laboratory, 39 

 Ships, fouling of, 193, 194 

 Ship- worms, 194 

 Shrimp spoilage, 142 

 Siderocapsa, 104, 124, 126 



— major, 104 



— Ireubii, 104 

 Sideromonas, 124, 126 

 Silica gel media, 45 

 Sill, 10 



Silt, bacterial content, 94 



— particle size, 22, 94 

 Sirolpidium bryopsidis, 131, 132 

 Skins, damaged by bacteria, 144 

 Slime, molds, 133, 134 



— on submerged surfaces, 56 

 Slop*, II 



Snow, microbes in, 179 



Soil bacteria, 44, 114, 119 



Solid surface, 35. 56-58, 78, 83-85. 



124 

 South Seas, 6r 

 Specific gravity, of bacteria, 53 



— of sea water, 15,16 

 Specificity of marine bacteria, 82 

 Speira pelai;ica, 132 

 Spermatophytes in sea, 23 

 Spkaerolitus, 126 

 Sphaeruiina orae-maris, 132 

 Spirillum, 125 



— aestuarii, 159 



— desul/uricans, 159 



— lerocoUlaenum, 103 



— marinum, 5 



— ostreae, 187 



— recti physeteris, 199 



— thermodesul/uricans, 159 



— virginianum, 187 

 Spirochaeta, 127 



— eurystrepla, 1 28 



— halophilicum, 197 



— marina, 1 28 



— plicatilis, 2 



Spirochaetales in sea, 127, 128 

 Spoilage of fish, 143, 190 



— criteria of, 198, 199 

 Spoilage of oysters, 187 

 Spore formers, 3, 4, 115 

 Sporocytophaga, 127 

 Spormibrio, 159 

 Squalene, 146 



Standing crop in lakes, 136, 137 

 Staphylococcus, 182, 189 



— albus, 82 



— aureus, 8i, 82 



Starch hydrolysis, 98, 118, 139 

 Stempliylium codii^ 131 

 Stenohaline organisms, 16 



Slifmatea pelveliae, 131 

 Stinking putrefaction, no 

 Storage, of fish, 189, 190 



— of oysters, 186 



— of samples, 36-38; 82-85, 150 

 Stratification, bacterial, 6, 65-68, 70 



— in mud, 91-93 

 Streptococcus, 125, 188, 189 



— faecalis, 187 



Successive dilution method, 48, 49 

 Sugar utilization, 117, 118, 138, 139 



— limited by nitrogen, 138, 139 

 Sulfate reducers, deposit sulfur, 112 



— effect on CaCOj ppt., loi 



— effect on hydrogen, 109 



— from limans, 201, 202 



— in oil-well brines, 92 



— in sea, 6, 68, 159, 160, 200 



— in sediments, 92, 98, 99, 160, 166 



— liberate adsorbed oil, 112 



— oxidize hydrocarbons, 147 



— produce hydrocarbons, in 



— utilize lipids, 146 

 Sulfate reduction, 159-161 



— in Black Sea, 200 

 Sulfite waste liquor, 141 

 Sulfur, bacteria, 68, 99, 161-166 



— " bacterial plate," 161, 201 



— cycle in sea, 158-166 



— deposition, 112 

 Sulfureta, 166 

 Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, 161-166 



— cause of red water, 165 

 Sunlight, effect on bacteria, 3, 7, 64, 



69-74, 76 



— penetration of water by, 12 

 Surface, solid, 36, 56-58. 78, 83-85, 



94, 124 

 Surface water, bacteria m, 6, 66 

 Survival of bacteria in sea, 182-184, 



191 

 Swimming pools, 191 

 Symbiosis, 80 

 Synthetic sea water, 21, 121 



— for water blanks, 47, 48 



Talisman Expedition, 2, 90, 177 

 Tap water, bacteria in, 119 



— for water blanks, 47 

 Temperature, as ecological factor, 



13, 14, 73, 74 



— effect on bacterial respiration, 107 



— for marine molds, 133 



— growth at low, 3-8, 45, 98, 122, 

 123, 144, IQO> 201 



— incubation, 45, 46, 122-124 



— of ocean, 13, 14, 67 



— of storing samples, 37-39 



— range of growth, 3-8, 38, 45, 122- 

 124 



tolerance of bacteria, 4, 121-124 

 vertical distrii 

 Teredo, 194, 195 



— vertical distribution 



of: 



67 



— navalis, 194 

 Thermal sensitivity, 38, 46, 121-124 

 Thermocline, 14, 68 

 Thiobacillus, 124, 161, 162, 163 



— bovista, 162 



— denitrificans, 154, 162 



— thiogenes, 162 



— thiooxidans, 162 



— thioparus, 162, 166, 200 

 Thiocapsa, 126 



— roseopersicina, 164 

 Thiocystis, 126, 164 



— rtt/a, 164 



— violacea, 164 

 Thiodictyon, 126 



— elegans, 164 



— minus, 8, 164 

 Thiopedia, 126, 166 



— rosea, 164, 165, 200 

 Thiophysa, 127 



— volutans, 163 

 Thioploca, 127, 163 



— ingrica, 163 



— schmedlei, 163 

 Thiopolycoccus, 126, 166 



— ruber, 164, 165 

 Thiorhodaceae, 164 

 Thiosarcina, 126 



— rosea. 164 

 T4iospira, 125 



— bipunctata, 163 

 Thio spirillum, 126, 166 



— jenense, 164 



— rosenbergii, 2, 164 



— violaceum, 2, 164 



Thiosu fate, oxidation, 162 



— reduction, 159, 161 

 Thiothece, 126 



— gelatinosa, 164 

 Tliiotltrix, 127, 163, 166 



— annulata, 163 



— marina, 163 



— nivea, 163 



— tenuis, 163 



Thraustochylrium proliferum, 132 

 Tides, 14 



— effect on bacteria, 63, 64 

 Tintinnids, 24 



Topography of sea floor, 10, 11 

 Tortugas, 37, 120, 152 

 Torula, 129, 130, 171, 178 



— epizoa, 190 



— wehmeri, 190 



Toxic products in water, 81 



Transparency of sea water, 12 



Trench, 10 



Treponema, 127 



Tricalcium phosphate, 169 



Tricoderma, 131 



Trimethylamine, 143, 198 



Trough, 10 



Turnover in lakes, 68 



Typhoid bacillus, 182, 183, 186, igx 



— in ice, 191 

 Tyrosine, 143, 198 



Ultrafiltration method, 54 

 Ultraplankton, 24 



Ultraviolet radiations, effect on 

 bacteria, 70 



— penetration in water, 12, 64, 71, 

 72 



Urea fermenters, in mud, 98, 99, 151 



Valley, submarine, 11 

 Vanadium ppt., 104 

 Vancouver Island, 152 

 Vegetation in sea, 23, 96 

 Vermillion Sea, 165 

 Vertical distribution, in lakes, 206 



— in mud, 91-93 



— of bacteria in water, 3, 6, 65-68 



— of phytoplankton, 67 

 Vibrio, 115, 121, 125 



— adaptatus. n6, 118 



— agarliquejaciens, 140 



— algosus, 146 



— beijerinckii, 1 40 



— comma, 81, 182, 183 



— costatus, 155 



— desul/uricans, 159 



— Juscus, 139, 187 



— granii, 140 



— halobicus desul/uricans, 190 



— haloplanktis, 124 



— hydrosul/ureus, 159 



— hyphalus, 155 



— marinagilis, 15s 



— marinoflavus, 116 



— marino/ultus, 118 



— marinopraesens, 139 



— marinovulgaris, 116 



— marinus, 5 



— phytoplanklis, 1 24 



— pierantonii, 119 



— ponticus, 139 



Volume of water and bacteria, 36 



Walvis Bay, no, 160 

 Wasting disease, 131, 134. 171 

 Water, blanks, 40, 46-48 



— molds, 133 



— samplers, 26-33 



— samples storage, 36-38 

 Waves, 14 



Weber Lake, 136 



West Indies, 3, 7, 67 



\\ hite Sea, 8, 103 



Wilson water sampler, 29 



Wind transport of microbes, 178, 



180, 181 

 Wood, borers, 194, 19S 



— destruction by fungi, 135, 141, 

 ig4. 105 



Woods Hole, 5, 9, 28, 42, 90, 93, 108, 



131, ip, 18s 

 Worms, ingest bacteria, 174 



— ship, 194 



Yeasts, aquatic, 129-131 



— CaCO, ppt. by, 102 



— importance in sea, 133, 134 



— in air, 178 



