Subject Index 



677 



Blood 507 



Blood pigments 505 



Bombyx mort 379 



Brain, energy metabolism in 569 



oxidative processes in 569 

 Broad beans 405, 408 

 Bromine, use of by eobionts 80 

 Bromuracil 332, 333 

 Brucella abortus 325, 326 

 Butter yellow 353 

 Butyryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase 564 



Callithamnion 612 



Callithamnion rybosum 409, 410 



Calothrix 544 



Carbohydrate metabolism, in plants 564 



types of 594 

 Carbohydrates, breakdown of 564 



synthesis of 654 

 Carboligase 162, 166 

 Carbon, in meteorites 72, 73 



relationship with germanium 80 

 Carbonaceous chondrites 72 

 Carbon compounds, chemosynthesis of 

 519-520 



photosynthesis of 516-518 

 Carbon dioxide, assimilation of 629, 632, 



637 

 fixation of 614 

 formation of 118, 171 

 from volcanoes 60, 64 

 in atmosphere 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 



13, 11-1^> 84, 109, no, 134 

 in meteorites 71 

 in primaeval atmosphere 31, 41 

 on Mars 21, 22, 71, 113 

 on Venus 19, 71 



organic compounds formed from 133 

 partial pressures in tissues 563 

 photochemical production of 599 

 production by anaerobes 597, 598-599 

 Carbon monoxide, activated by ultraviolet 



light 136, 137 

 effect of ultraviolet light on 131 

 formation of 118, 125 

 in atmosphere 134,184 

 organic compounds formed from 151, 



155 

 Carelozoon jatulica 34 

 Carotenoids 643, 645 



of diatoms 612 

 Carotenoid synthesis 609 

 Catalase, activity of copper resembling 

 264-267, 270 y 



incorporation into coacervates 430-431 

 Catalase-Uke catalysts 264-267, 270 

 Catalysis 336, 339, 581 



asymmetric 161-166, 174, 183 



development of 207-210 



inorganic 198 



in sedimentary formations 1 80-1 81 



in the formation of enzymes 198, 20 1 



multiplet theory of 162 



photo 606-616 

 Cell(s), ammonia in 547, 548 



biochemical events in 432 



biochemical function of, structural ele- 

 ments of 400-415 



changes in biochemical function 402- 

 409 



chemical composition of units of 407 



correlation of structure and function 401 



differences in composition of animal and 

 plant 407 



digestion in 5 10-5 11 



egg 491 



energy metabolism of 413 



enzyme activity in 411-413, 444-445 



formation of first 261 



glycolytic system in 413 



importance of deoxyribonucleic acid in 

 290 



nucleus of 402 



in protein biosynthesis 462-463 



nucleotides in 359 



organoids of 400, 401 



origin of 50, 52 



plant, structure of 404 



protein synthesis in 460-465 



reproduction of 485 



requirements of 297-298 



specificity of 289, 290 



structure and biochemical functions in 

 411-414 



structure of and protein synthesis 460- 

 465 

 Cell lethals 463 

 Cell membranes, development of 340 



origin of 49 

 Cellulase, in bacteria 565 

 Cellulose, composition of 92, Fig. 3 

 Cephalopoda, sterols in 509 

 Chain processes in Nature 579 

 Clay, biogenesis in 182 

 Chelation 531 



Chemical and biological exchange 335-336 

 Chemical diversity of the origin of life 



76-83 

 Chemiluminescence 614 

 Chemosynthesis, evolution of 614, 626- 



633 



in bacteria 626-633 



of carbon compounds 519-520 



oxidation in 628 

 Chemosynthetic microbes 626 

 Chlamydobacteriales 629, 630 

 Chlorella 644 

 Chlorella ellipsoidea 225 

 Chlorine, in meteorites 72 



use of by eobionts 80 

 Chlor obium 559 



