INDEX. 



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ABIOGENESIS, i. 3 

 Abrin, i. 305 

 Abrus precatorius, i. 305 

 Absidia, ii. 74 

 Acetal. ii. 500 



Acetaldehyde, ii. 500, 506, 510] 

 Acetamide, ii. 37 



Acetate of ammonium. See Ammo- 

 nium acetate 

 of potassium. See Potassium 



acetate 



of sodium. See Sodium acetate 

 Acetic acid, ii. 205, 354, 358, 373, 467, 

 468, 487, 490, 498, 499, 

 520 

 action of, on yeast, ii. 246 



on Saccharomycetes apicu- 

 latus, ii. 433 



Mycoderma on, ii. 417, 418 

 on proteolysis, ii. 552 

 derivative from chitin, ii. 35 

 formation of, by Bacillus etha- 



ceticus, i. 177 

 by B. ethacetosuccinicus, i. 



177, 178 



by B. pneumonise, i. 178 

 by bacillus of symptomatic 



anthrax, i. 182 

 by B. amylozyme, i. 191 

 by B. orthobutylicus, i. 192 

 by Bacterium lactis aero- 

 genes, i. 225 

 .n lactic-acid-tainted wine, 



i. 252 

 by Saccharobacillus pas- 



torianus, i. 254 

 in sweet ensilage, i. 262 

 in plumped hides, i. 266 

 in tanning bark liquors, i. 



268 

 by Actinobacter du lait 



visqueux, i. 279 

 by Actinobacter polymor- 

 phus, i. 279 



Acetic acid, formation of, during the 

 loss of colour by some 

 bacteria, i. 313 

 in mannitic fermentation, i. 



314 

 by Clostridium pasteuria- 



num, i. 353 

 in olive oil, i. 404 

 by Willia anomala, ii. 291 

 by Torulacese, ii. 399 

 by Mycoderms, ii. 418 

 by Mycoderma lebeni, ii. 418 

 bySaccharomy ces apiculatus, 



ii. 427, 434, 435 

 bacteria, mutability, i. 36 



in natural wine must, i. 85, 



86 

 effect of ethyl alcohol on, 



i. 85, 86 



discovery of, i. 384, 385 

 morphology of, i. 386, 387 

 behaviour of the mucinous 

 envelopes of, towards 

 iodine solution, i. 387 

 appearance of colonies on 



solid media, i. 388 

 morphological influence of 

 temperature on, i. 390- 

 394 



behaviour of, towards elec- 

 tricity, i. 394 

 towards light, i. 394 

 fermentation, in the digestive 



system, i. 196 

 in Iambic, i. 256 

 Liebig's theory of, i. 384 

 of Mycoderms, i. 385 

 equation of, i. 394-397 

 Acetic ether, ii. 291, 509 



produced by Saccharomycetes 



apiculatus, ii. 436 

 Acetone, ii. 471, 477, 490 

 Achroocellulose, ii. 148 

 Achroodextrin, ii. 538 



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