INDEX 



187 



lacttci, definition of, 116; B. butyri- 

 cum, no; B. coli communz, occurrence 

 and properties of, 141, 142; B. 

 Pasteurianum, involution forms of, 

 27, Fig. 14; B.photometricum, photo- 

 philism of, 72 ; B. ranicidum, patho- 

 genic character of, 38 ; B. termo, 

 definition of, 101 ; B. Zopfii, 102, 

 Fig. 22. 



Bacteroids, as involution forms, 27 ; shape 

 of, 90, Fig. 19. 



Bactridittm, characters of genus, 33 ; B. 

 coli, 151, Fig. 28; B. colt commune, 

 154 ; B. proteus, 102, Fig. 22 ; colony 

 of, 4; B.typhi, 151, Fig. 28. 



Bactrillum, characters of genus, 33 ; B. 

 pseudotermo, 102, Fig. 22. 



Bactrinium, characters of genus of, 33. 



Baier, on butyric fermentation, 177. 



Baktron, 32. 



Barium, substitution of for calcium, 54. 



Baumgarten, on phagocytosis, 183; on 

 pathological mycology, 180. 



Beer, mucilaginous ' fermentation ' of, 1 23 ; 

 spoiling of, 120; yeast, purification 

 of, 120. 



Bees, bacterial disease of, 138. 



Beggiatoa, 65, Fig. 17, 66 ; characters of, 2, 

 34 ; oscillating movements of, 16. 



Behrens, on tobacco fermentation, 178. 



Behring, on antitoxic serum, 184; on dis- 

 infection, 173, 184; on immunization 

 of horses to tetanus, 164 ; on infection, 

 ico ; on serum therapeutics, 183. 



Behring and Ehrlich, on antitoxins, 166- 



Benzoic acid, nutritive value of, 57. 



Bernheim and Folger, on involution forms 

 of diphtheria bacilli, 170. 



Beyerinck, on artificial culture of root- 

 tubercle bacteria, 92 ; on assimilation 

 of nitrogen by Bacillus radicicola, 174 ; 

 on butyric bacteria, 121 ; on butyric 

 fermentation, 177; on glucose, 178; 

 on nutrition of bacteria, 56, 171 ; on 

 pigment bacteria, 169 ; on phosphor- 

 escent bacteria, 172; on root-tubercle 

 bacteria, 1 74 ; on Spirillum desidfuri- 

 cans, 176. 



Bienstock, on faecal bacteria, 175. 



Bile, action of on bacteria, 87. 



Billroth, on bacteria of wounds, 28 ; on 

 species of bacteria, 170. 



Biochemistry, Chap. X-XIV. 



Bitter, on phagocytosis, 183. 



Blastomycetes, 126. 



Blood, occurrence of bacteria in, 142 ; 

 pathogenic bacteria of, 145. 



Blood-serum, as nutritive medium, 57. 



Bordet, on preventive serums, 183, 184. 



Botrytis cinerea, inhibitory action of light 

 on spore formation in, 72 ; rotting of 

 fruits due to, 99. 



Bouquet of wine, origin of, 129. 



Branching, of filamentous bacteria, 3. 



Branell, on anthrax, 81. 



Bread, cause of rising of, 125. 



Brefeld, on division of bacteria, 170; on 

 fungal yeasts, 178; on germination of 

 bacterial spores, 170 ; influence of light 

 on fungi, 172. 



Brieger, on ptomaines, 100, 175 ; B., Boer 

 and Conn, on tetanus poisons, 182 ; 

 B. and Frankel, on bacterial poisons, 

 182. 



Bromine water, lethal percentage of, 83, 

 84. 



Brown, on fermentative power, 179. 



Brownian movement, 14. 



Bruns, on tubercle bacillus, 170. 



Buchner, on alexines, 162 ; on bacteri- 

 cidal action of blood serum, 183 ; on 

 chemotaxis of leucocytes, 173; influence 

 of light on bacteria, 172; Ed. Buchner 

 on zymase, 179; H. Buchner, on 

 alcoholic fermentation without yeast 

 cells, 179. 



Buchner, Langard, and Riedlin, on rapidity 

 of multiplication of bacteria, 170. 



Budding, rapidity of in yeast cells, 126. 



Bumm, on micro-organisms of gonorrhoea, 

 181. 



Burri and Stutzer, on denitrifying bacteria, 



175- 

 Biisgen, on culture QiCladothrixdichotoma, 



170. 

 Biitschli, on Cyanophyceae und Bacteria, 



169. 

 Butter, number of bacteria in, 118; causes 



of rancidity and of flavour of, 118. 

 Butyl-alcohol, production of by bacteria, 



114, 122. 

 Butyric acid, loo ; heat of combustion of, 



135; occurrence of in cheese, 119; 



production of by bacteria, 114; in 



rancid butter, 118. 

 Butyric bacteria, fermentation of lactic 



acid and of milk by, 122; spoiling 



of beer by, 120; varied nutrition of, 



29. 

 Butyric fermentation, 121 ; literature of, 



177; products of, 122. 



Cadaverine, 100; inhibitory percentage of, 

 82. 



Cadeac and Bournay, on action of diges- 

 tive fluids on bacteria, 1 74. 



Caesalpineae, occurrence of root-tubercles 

 in, 91. 



Caesium, substitution of for potassium, 54. 



Calcium lactate, fermentation of, 122. 



Cancer, supposed origin of, 39. 



Cane sugar, inversion of, no. 



Capsules, occurrence of, 10. 



