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52. The Bactericidal Action of Sea Water — David Pramer, 



A. F. Carlucci and P. V. Scarpino 567 



53. Suppression of Bacterial Growth by Sea Water 



— Galen E. Jones 572 



54. Notes on the Natural History of Rhodopseudomonas 



palustris — Stanley Scher, Barbara Scher and S. H. Hunter . . . .580 



55. Proposals on the Classification of Microorganisms 



Which Utilize the Polysaccharides of Marine Algae 



AND A Definition for Agar — W. Yaphc 588 



56. Occurrence and Significance of Chitinoclastic Bacteria 



IN Pelagic Waters and Zooplankton — Donald W. Lear, Jr. 594 



57. Host and Habitat Relationships of Marine Commensal 



Bacteria — /. Listen and R. R. Colwell 611 



58. Phytoplankton Successions in the Canadian Arctic 



— Adam S. Bursa 625 



59. Osmotic Regulation of the Growth Rate of Four 



Species of Marine Bacteria- — Darrell Pratt and Mary Austin 629 



PART 6 



MARINE BACTERIOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM 

 OF MINERALIZATION 



60. Mineralization of Organic Matter in Santa Monica Bay, 



California — Charles G. Gunnerson 641 



61. The Role of Bacteria in the Mineralization of 



Phosphorus in Lakes — F. R. Hayes 654 



62. Release and Capillary Movement of Phosphorus in 



Exposed Tidal Sediments — Carl H. Oppcnheimer and 



R. A. Ward 664 



63. Experiments Regarding the Sulfide Formation in 



Sediments of the Texas Gulf Coast — IV. Gunkrl and 



Carl H. Oppenhcimer 674 



64. Nutritional Patterns in M.\rine Bacterial 



Populations — T. M. Sherman • 685 



