Subject Index 



689 



Rubiacae 544 



Sabellaria 505 



Saccharomyces carlsbergensis 332 



Saccharomyces globosus 435 



Salmin, amino acids in 236 



Salma fontinalis 249 



Salmo irideus 249 



Salmo lacustris 249 



Salmo salar 249 



Salmo trutta 249 



Salmonella, transduction in 319 



Salmonella enteritidis 332-333 



Salmonella paratyphii 332 



Salmonella schottmülleri 332 



Salmonella typhimurium 325, 326 



Salmonella typhosa 325, 326, 327 



Salt, in body fluids and oceans 169-170 



Sandal leaves, hydroxyproline in 225 



Sapropelite substances, composition of 92, 



Fig- 3 

 Sarcina lutea 325, 326 

 Sarcosine, formed by electrical discharge 

 125, 130 

 in groundnuts 225 

 Saturn, methane and ammonia on 71 

 Scenedesmus 594, 598 

 Seaweeds, proteins in 225 

 Sedimentary formations, enzyme activity 



in I 80-1 8 I 

 Selenium 80, 225 

 Serine, composition of 249 

 in haemoglobin 508 

 in plants 410 

 peptide bonds in 233 

 synthesis of 144 

 by Ught 141 



by ultraviolet light 153, 154 

 transformation of 529, 530 

 Serum, cysteine content of 573-574 



methionine content of 573-574 

 Serum albumin, digestion of by trypsin 

 473-475, 476, 477 

 proteolysis of 473, 474-475> 476, 477 

 Serum proteins 337 

 Sheep, corticotropin in 243 



insulin in 242 

 Shigella dysenteriae, deoxyribonucleic acid 

 composition of 325, 327 

 ribonucleic acid composition of 326 

 Shvmgite, composition of 92, Fig. 3 

 Silk fibroin 395 



amino acids in 290, 379-380 

 Snakes, evolution of venom apparatus 511 

 Soaps, interparticulate forces in 393 

 Soils and bogs, gases from 62 

 Solids, classification of 438-439 

 Specialisation, in evolution of biochemical 

 systems 510-513, 514 



Specificity 220 



Spinach, amino acid composition of 410 

 Spindle, in mitosis 362 

 Spirorbis borealis 505 

 Spirorbis corrugatus 505 

 Spirorbis militaris 506 

 Sponges, proteins in 225 

 Spontaneous crystallization, in an optically 

 active solvent 98 



initiation of by crystals 98 



of antipodes 96, 98-100 

 Spontaneous generation, chemical theory 



of 256-261 

 Staphylococci 335, 462 

 Staphylococcus aureus 348, 350, 434 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus 325, 326 

 Starch, effect of amylase on 430 



in coacervates 429 

 Stars, binary 10 

 Statids 438 

 Stenoglossa 177 

 Sterols 51, 509 

 Strecker synthesis, of amino acids 129, 



131-132 

 Streptococci 226 

 Streptococcus faecalis 332-333 

 Streptococcus haemolyticus 348 

 Streptococcus pyogenes 332 

 Streptolysin 348 



Structural units in biopoesis 385-399 

 Structure, complimentariness of 216 



motility in 491 



origin of 497 

 Succinic acid, formation of by electrical 



discharge 125, 129-130 

 Sugar beet, chloroplasts of 402 



proteins in 409 

 Sugars, origin of 43, 45^ 5Ij 52 



synthesis of 184 

 Sulfomonas denitrificans 520 

 Sulphate, biological reduction of 555-56i 



oxidation by 556 



reduction, in bacteria 560 

 Sulphur, in primary atmosphere of earth 



30 

 Sulphur bacteria 516, 628, 629, 630, 632 



photosynthesis in 518-519 

 Sulphur compounds, as radiation protec- 

 tive agents 622-623 



importance in photosynthesis 621, 622 



in primary oceans 32 



in sedimentary rocks 34-35 

 Sun flower, ribonucleic acid changes in 408 

 Supernovae 107-108 

 Supersonic vibrations, chemical reactions 



due to 172-173 

 Synaeresis 182 



Tactoids 394 



