SECTION VI 



Bacterial Metabolism, Normal and Abnormal, Within 



the Body Arthur Isaac Kendall 



Introduction The Significance of Bacterial Metabolism Bacterial Metab- 

 olismGeneral Eelations Between Surface and Volume of Bacteria and 

 the General Energy Requirements of Bacteria The Influence of Sap- 

 rophytism, and Pathogenism upon Bacterial Metabolism Chemical Re- 

 quirements for Bacterial Development The General Nature of the Prod- 

 ucts of Bacterial Gro.wth, Arising from the Utilization of Proteins and 

 of Carbohydrates for Energy Toxin, Indol and Enzyme Formation 

 The Specificity of Action of Pathogenic Bacteria and Its Relation to 

 Proteins and Carbohydrates Quantitative Measures of Bacterial Metab- 

 olism, the Effects of Utilizable Carbohydrates upon General Metabolism, 

 and the Elementary Composition of the Bacterial Cell The Chemistry of 

 Bacterial Metabolism General Reactions: The Formation of Phenols, 

 Indol and Indican, Amins Reactions Illustrative of the Decomposition 

 of Proteins by Bacteria The Effects of Utilizable Carbohydrate upon 

 the Formation of Phenols, Indol and Amins The Physiological Action 

 of the Aromatic Amins Summary Intestinal Bacteriology General 

 History and Development The Intestinal Bacteria of Normal Nurslings 

 Adolescent and Adult Intestinal Bacteriology Sour Milk Therapy and 

 Bacterial Metabolism Exogenous Intestinal Infections Summary and 

 Conclusions. 



