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39. Researches on Nitrifying Bacteria in Ocean Depths on 



THE Coast of Algeria — Huguettc Vargues and Jean Brisou 415 



40. Some Biochemical Differences Between Fresh Water and 



Salt Water Strains of Sulphate-reducing Bacteri.v 



— F. W. Ochynski and J. R. Postgate 426 



41. Organic Factors Responsible for the Stimulation 



OF Growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans 

 — Hajime Kadota and Hideo Miyoshi 442 



42. Mechanisms in the Microbial Oxidation of Alkanes 



— R. E. Kallio, W. R. Finnerty, S. Wawzonek and 



P. D. Klimstra 453 



43. Pathway of Lower Alkane Oxidation by Pseudomonads 



• — Jacques C. Senez and Edgar d Azoulay 464 



44. Degradation of 2-Methylhexane by a Pseudomonas 



■ — A. C. Van Der Linden and G. J. E. Thijsse 475 



45. Studies on the Stability of the Na+ Requirement of 



Marine Bacteria — Robert A. MacLeod and E. Onofrey . . . .481 



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 DISTRIBUTION AND FUNCTION OF MARINE BACTERIA 



46. The Immediate Tasks of Marine Microbiology — A. E. Kriss 493 



47. The Differentiation of Certain Genera of Gram 



Negative Bacteria Frequently Encountered in 



Marine Environments — /. M. Shewan 499 



48. Regional Variability of Bacteria in North Atlantic 



Sediments — E. H. Anthony 522 



49. Bacterial Habitats in the Antarctic Environment 



—John M. Sicburth 533 



50. Distribution of Heterotrophic Bacteria in Some Seas 



OF THE Mediterranean Basin — M. N. Lebedeva, E. J. 

 Anitchenko and J. A. Gorbenko 549 



51. Studies on the Ecology of a Marine Spirillum in the 



Chemostat — Holger W. Jannasch 558 



