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Subject Index 



Asymmetry, in living material 182 

 Asymmetry of organic substances 174-175 

 Athiorhodaceae 521, 522 

 Atmosphere 133, 134, 169 



carbon dioxide in 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 

 73» 77-78, 84, 109-110, 134 



formation of 73, 77 



helium in 57-58, 63 



hydrogen in 62, 63-64, 109, no, 114 



methane in 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 



nitrogen in 57, 59, 61, 64, 84, 134 



of Jupiter 10 



of Mars 11, 12, 21-22, 113 



of primaeval Earth 41, 52, 109, 123, 124 



of Uranus 10 



of Venus 19-21, 84 



oxygen in 77, 84, 109, 170, 587, 600 



role of radiation in formation of 1 70-1 71 



water in 57, 84, 109, no, 134 

 Autocatalysis 209 

 Autoduplication 284-285 

 Autosynthesis 284-285 

 Autotrophic bacteria 227 

 Autotrophy, degrees of 635 

 Azotobacter 544, 602, 603, 604 



ribonucleic acid content of 323, 324, 345 

 Azotobacter agile deoxyribonucleic acid 

 content of 323, 324, 325 



ribonucleic acid content of 323, 324, 325, 

 326 

 Azotobacter chroococcum 600 



deoxyribonucleic acid composition of 



325 

 ribonucleic acid composition of 326 

 Azotobacter vinelandii 345, 347, 349, 350, 



351,355,552 

 deoxyribonucleic acid composition of 



325 

 nucleic acids in 300 

 ribonucleic acid composition of 326 



Bacillus brevis, tyrosines in 228 



Bacillus cereus 458 



Bacillus firmus 332 



Bacillus megatherium 364, 471 



Bacillus mycoides 115, 176, 177, 292 



Bacillus prodigious 332 



Bacillus pycnoticus 520 



Bacillus spp. 226 



Bacillus subtilis 332, 535, 547 



amino acids in 227 

 Bacillus terminalis 226 

 Bacteria 503-504 



amino acids in 225-228 



anaerobiosis and aerobiosis in 585-586 



cellulase in 565 



chemoautotrophic 626 



chemosynthesis in 626-633 



cytochrome in 588 



deoxyribonucleic acid in 332 



enzymes in 345, 354, 632 



filterable forms of 495 



hydrogen donor utilization in 615-616 



lysogenic 318 



nitrate reduction by 556-560 



nitrogen metabolism in 544, 551, 552 



nucleic acids in, species specificity 

 322-330, 332-333 



photosynthesis in 521-522 



protein synthesis in cells of 406 



respiration in 589 



sulphur 586, 628, 629, 630, 632 



photosynthesis in 518-519 

 Bacteriochlorophyll, 608,615,616 

 Bacteriophaeophytin 610 

 Bacterium enteriditis Breslau, deoxyribo- 

 nucleic acid composition of 328, 329 



ribonucleic acid composition of 328, 329 

 Bacterium ologcarbophilum 630 

 Balsaminaceae 116 

 Barium, in choroid 80 

 Barley, amino acid composition of 410 

 Basalts, chemical analysis of 28 

 Beggiatoa 630 

 Begoniaceae 116 



Bentonite clays, cryohydric forces in 393 

 5-Benzylcysteine, formation of 191-192 

 Biochemical constituents, evolution of 



504-510 

 Biochemical convergence 507 

 Biochemical evolution, and biosphere 



503-514 

 Biochemical parallelism 506 

 Biochemical processes in simple structures 



428-436 

 Biochemical systems, evolution of 510-514 

 Biogemetic law 259 



Biological and chemical change 335-336 

 Biological reduction, and hydrogenase 



systems 596-599 

 Biological structures, scale of structural 

 units in 385-399 



stages of aggregation in 395 

 Biology, entropy in 487-490 



thermodynamics in 485-490, 500 

 Bioluminescence 622 

 Biopoesis 116, 117 



biochemical aspects of 39 



conditions for 169-171 



major problems of 52 



stages of 38-53, 386 



structural units in 385-399 

 Biosphere, age of 37 



extension of and biochemical evolution 



503-514 

 indications for early 32-35 

 origin of 23-37 

 Bitumin, composition of 92, Fig. 3 

 formation of 112 

 in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks 



111-112 



