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INDEX. 



Maltomyces, ii. 207 

 Malto peptone, ii. 199 

 Maltose, ii. 205, 206, 369, 463, 495, 

 511, 522, 525,538; action of Sacch. 

 Hansenii on, ii. 234, 284 ; attacked 

 by Mycoderma, ii. 419, 420; be- 

 haviour of luminous bacteria to, 

 i. 162 ; decomposition of, by Granu- 

 lobacter saccharobutyricum, i. 189 ; 

 fermentation of, ii. 445, 447, 450, 

 453 ; by Allescheria Gayoni, ii. 

 368 ; by Granulobacter butylicum, 

 i 189 ; by Torulaceje, ii. 398, 405 ; 

 ferments of, ii. 275, 282, 285, 286, 

 287, 293 ; fission of, ii. 362, 363 ; 

 formation of dextrolactic acid 

 from, i. 26 ; influence on reproduc- 

 tive capacity of yeasts, ii. 228, 229 ; 

 non-ferments of, ii. 280, 285, 286, 

 290, 291, 292, 294; zygospore- 

 f ormation, ii. 19 

 Mandelic acid, ii. 365 ; dissociation 



of the optically inactive, i. 232 

 Manganese, a substitute for iron in 

 the iron bacteria, i. 361 ; in 

 relation to laccase, ii. 47 

 sulphate, ii. 468 ; action of, on 



yeasts, ii. 545 

 Manganous chloride, action of, on 



yeast, ii. 245 

 Manna, ii. 536 

 Mannanes, ii. 176, 513 

 Mannite, fermentation of, i. 315 ; 

 by Bacillus ethaceticus, i. 177 ; 

 glycogen-formation favoured by, 

 ii. 171 ; produced by Penioillium 

 glaucum, i. 315 ; produced during 

 the mucinous fermentation of 

 sugar, i. 315 ; zygospore-forma- 

 tion favoured by. ii. 19 

 Mannitol, ii. 205 ,"206 ; action of, on 

 proteolysis, ii. 551 ; action of 

 Sacch. Hansenii on, ii. 234, 284 

 Manno-nonose, ii. 512 

 Mannose, ii. 513, 515 ; fermentation 

 of, ii. 450 ; by Saccharo- 

 mycetes apiculatus, ii. 431 ; 

 by Sacch. Soja, ii. 282 

 d-, ii. 294 ; alcohol formed from 

 by ]8- and 7-Amylomyces, ii. 

 89 ; by Mucor Rouxii, ii. 89 ; 

 yielded by achroocellulose, ii. 

 148 ; by yeast gum, ii. 1 76 

 Mannotriose, n. 537 

 Manuring, green, i. 340 



with ammonia salts, i, 382 

 Marienthal yeast, ii. 128 

 Marine phosphorescence, i. 161-164 

 Mars, i. 256 



Marsh's arsenic test, ii. 56 



Matiere glycogene, ii. 169 



Mazun, ii. 283, 401, 402 



Mead, properties of, ii. 190 



Meat extracts, purity of, ii. 167 ; 



sterilising, i. 106 



phosphorescent, i. 160 ; pre- 

 servation of, i. 212-216 ; stor- 

 age of, in cold chambers, i. 212 

 Meat-extract bouillon, preparation, i. 



120 



Meat-poisoning, i. 304 

 Mechanical shock, influence of, on 



bacteria, i. 81-84 

 Melampyrite, ii. 206 

 Melecitase, secreted by Aspergillus 



niger, ii. 362 



Melibiase, ii. 362, 526-530 

 Melibio-glucase, ii. 527 

 Melibiosazone, ii. 530 

 Melibiose, ii. 362, 398, 514, 526, 527, 

 528, 529, 530 ; action of /3-Amy- 

 lomyces on, ii. 91 ; of Mucor 

 Rouxii on, ii. 89 



Melicitose, ii. 398, 536; decomposi- 

 tion of, ii. 362 

 Melitose, ii. 526. 534 

 Melitriose, ii. 363, 514, 526 

 Membrane, lignification of, ii. 39 ; 



stratification of, ii. 145 

 Mercaptan, i. 294 



Mercury chloride (corrosive subli- 

 mate), i. 107, ii. 520, 524, 528, 559 

 Merismopcdia, i. 30 

 Merismopedium, i. 56 

 Metabiosis, i. 85, 312 

 Metacellulose, ii. 32 

 Metallacter, i. 89 

 Metaphosphoric acid, ii. 199 

 Meteors as carriers of organisms, i. 10 

 Methyl alcohol, i. 139, ii. 205, 373, 

 471, 504, 510, 558 ; action of, on 

 grape sugar, ii. 242, 243 

 Methyl glucoside, ii. 282 



a-, behaviour of Mucor Rouxii 

 to, ii. 89; fermentation of, ii. 

 447 



/3-, behaviour of /3- and 7- 

 Amylomyces to, ii. 91 ; fermen- 

 tation of, ii. 447, 450 

 d-, ii. 282 

 Methyl green, ii. 166 



violet, ii. 178 

 Methylene blue, ii. 147 

 Methylglyoxal, ii. 489 

 Methylindole, i. 291 

 Methylpropylcarbinol, ii. 408 

 Methylpyromeconic acid, ii. 247 

 Methyi-salicylates, ij. 366 



