INDEX. 



ft/at. 



African disease of potato 214 



Alternaria solani, 



in French disease of potato (Delacroix) 215 



Amaranths, Smith's disease of 148 



(See also Bacterium amaranthi.) 



description 148 



geographical distribution 148, 150 



literature 150 



tissues attacked 149 



Aplanobacter michiganense 165, 205 



(See also tomato. Grand Rapids disease.) 



acid, production of 164, 165 



acids, sensitiveness to 164, 165 



aerobism 165 



agar, slow growth on 165 



alkali, toleration of 164 



colonies 161 



comparison with Aplanobacter rathayi 165, 282 



cultivation, difficulty of 165 



cultural characters 163 



dextrose, acid from 164 



dissemination 163 



drying, resistant to 165 



fermentation tube cultures 164, 165 



gelatin, slow growth on 165, 282 



Gram positive 165 



group number 165 



growth in or on, 



acid beef-bouillons 165 



akaline beef bouillon 164 



beef-bouillon 162, 164 



Cohn's solution 162, 165 



cornmeal agar stabs 162 



cream-free milk 162 



litmus milk 162, 164 



Loeffler's blood-serum 165 



milk 162, 164, 165 



nitrate bouillon 162 



nutrient agar 161, 162, 164, 165 



nutrient gelatin . . . 162, 164, 165, 282 



potato cylinders 162, 164 



sugars 164, 165 



Uschinsky's solution 165 



infection, 



point of 161 



through stomata , 163 



inoculations on 



potatoes 164 



tomatoes 161,163 



isolation of 161, 164 



levulose, acid from . 164 



literature 165 



litmus in milk, reduction of 162, 164 



milk, copious surface growth on 165 



morphology 161 



motility, lack of 165 



Porto Rican weed subject to 163 



potassium nitrate, no reduction of . 165 



resume of salient characters 164 



sodium chloride, sensitiveness to 164 



starch, slow action on 164 



subs toma tic chambers, occupied 163 



thermal death-point low 165 



tissues attacked 161 



virulence, loss of 165 



viscidity 165 



P*M. 



Aplanobacter rathayi 160 



(See also Orchard grass, Rathay's disease.) 



acid, effect on 156 



agar, slow growth on 156, 158 



associated with white organism 159, 1 60 



capsule 156, 160 



Cohn's solution, no growth in 160 



coloring matter 156 



comparison with Aplanobacter michiganense . . 165, 282 



cultivation, difficulty of 156, 157, 158 



cultural characteristics 156 



cultures, separable from substratum 156 



dextrose fermented 160 



fermentation of sugars 156 



gelatin, growth on 156, 165, 282 



Gram's stain 156, 159 



growth in, or on 



agar and gelatin, slow 156, 158 



beef bouillon 136, 159 



cane-sugar water 160 



Cohn's solution 160 



colonies of associated white organism 160 



Dactylis broth plus peptone 160 



Dactylis decoction 156 



grass broth 160 



litmus milk 160 



milk 160 



nitrate bouillon 159 



nutrient agars 156, 157, 158, 159 



nutrient gelatins 156, 157, 160, 282 



peptone water plus potassium nitrate 160 



potato 156, 158, 160 



potato broth plus potassium nitrate 160 



group number 160 



hydrogen sulphide, production . 1 56 



indol production 156 



inoculations 156 



inoculations into tomato 160 



iodine, reaction 156 



isolation 156 



lactose fermented slowly 160 



lemon juice, effect 1 56 



lemon yellow color 156 



liquefaction of gelatin, slow 1 60, 282 



Rathay's experiments 156 



literature 160 



litmus, reaction 160 



longevity 160 



milk, behavior in 160 



morphology 156, 157, 1 60 



motility, lack of 156, 157 



nitrates, no reduction of 160 



pellicle present in 156 



potato, used for isolation 136, 158 



pseudozoogloeae 165 



resistance to sunlight 156 



saccharose fermented slowly 160 



seeds, disease disseminated on 160 



spores, not seen 156 



stains, reaction to 156, 160 



sugars, fermentation 156 



sunlight, resistance to 156 



viscidity 155, 157, 158 



vitality, retention of 160 



white organism associated with 159, 160 



yellow pigment, nature of 156 



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