INDEX 



195 



Pus-bacteria, 148, 149; — cocci, results of 

 injection of, 145. 



Putrefaction, 101 ; influence of oxygen and 

 proteids on, 100 ; of temperature and 

 water on, 99 ; peculiarities of, 102, 103 ; 

 liberation of N by, 104 ; ultimate pro- 

 ducts of, 101; — in intestine, 141. 



Putrefactive bacteria, 102, Fig. 22 ; litera- 

 ture of, 175 ; zymogenic properties of, 

 102. 



Putrescine, 100. 



Pyaemia, 145 ; causes of, 148. 



Pykotanine, as disinfectant, 86. 



Pyogenic diseases, 148. 



Pyrenomycetes, disintegration of wood by, 

 136. 



Quarter-evil of cattle, causes of, 120, 150. 

 Quinine, inhibitory percentage of, 82. 



Rabies, inoculation for, 168 ; Pasteur's 

 treatment of, 184. 



Rabinowitsch, on thermophile bacteria, 173. 



Racemic acid, optical decomposition of by 

 bacteria, 115. 



Radicles, basic and acid, chemotaxis of, 79. 



Ragi, symbiotic character of, 110. 



Raphidia, 37. 



Rathay, on gum-producing bacteria, 179. 



Ray-fungus, parasitism of, 41 ; sporangia 

 of, 42. 



Rayer, on anthrax bacilli in blood, 181. 



Red sulphur bacteria, nutrition of, 68. 



Rees, on yeasts, 178. 



Renault, on fossil bacteria, 183. 



Rennet, production of by bacteria, 117, 118. 



Reproduction, of bacteria, by fission, 16 

 seq. ; rapidity of, 17 ; by spore forma- 

 tion, 19 seq. 



Respiration, of bacteria, 60 ; intramolecular, 



133- 



Retting bacteria, 123; of flax, 177. 



Rhinanthaceae, partial parasitism of, 96. 



Rhizobium legieminosarum, 92. 



Riedler, on leucocytosis, 173. 



Ring-worm, cause of, 42. 



ROntgen rays, action of on bacteria, 73. 

 * Root-nodules, 89 ; intercellular spaces in, 

 174; literature of, 174; percentage of 

 N in, 95 ; structure of, 90, Fig. 19 ; 

 bacteria of, assimilation of N by, 89, 

 92 ; — shape and properties of, 90, 

 Fig. 19, 92, 93 ; artificial cultivation 

 of, 92 ; penetration of, 94 ; growth and 

 nutrition of, 95, Fig. 21. 



Roquefort cheese, ripening of, 1 19. 



Rosenbach, on infection of wounds, 180. 



Rothenbach, on use of pure yeast, 177. 



Roux, on antitoxic serums, 183, 184; on 

 asporogenous anthrax, 170; on bac- 

 teriological analysis of water, 171. 



Roux and Martin, on diphtheria, 183. 



Roux and Yersin, on diphtheria, 181 ; — 



preparation of toxin of, 182. 

 Rubidium, chemotaxis of, 79 ; substitution 



of for potassium, 54. 

 Russel, on nitrate bacteria of oceanic 00Te, 



65. 



Saccharomyces, determination of species in, 

 128 ; forms of, 126, 127, Fig. 25 ; 

 nutrition of, 131 ; pathological proper- 

 ties of, 36 ; symbiosis of in kephir, 

 120; systematic position of, 130; S. 

 albicans, parasitism of, 39 ; S. cere- 

 visiae, races of, 1 1 1 ; sporulation of, 

 1 28 ; 5. ellipsoideus, 1 1 1 ; sporulation 

 of, 128 ; S.glutinis, 128 ; .S - . mycoderma, 

 decomposition of alcohol by, 112 j S. 

 Pasteurianus, sporulation of, 128. 



Sake 1 , preparation of, 1 10. 



Salicylate of sodium, inhibitory percentage 

 of, 82. 



Salicylic acid, lethal percentage of, 83 ; 

 action of on ferments, 109. 



Saliva, action of on bacteria, 87. 



Saltpetre beds, 104. 



Salt solution, influence of on toxicity of 

 sublimate, 86. 



Sanarelli, on water bacteria, 180. 



Saprogenic bacteria, 29 ; putrefactive power 

 of, 101. 



Saprophile bacteria, definition of, 49 ; pro- 

 perties of, 1 01. 



Saprophytes, 47. 



Sarcina, 33 ; mode of division in, 19, Fig. 10 ; 

 social aggregates of, 31 ; S. ventriculi, 

 141. 



Sarcosporidia, 41. 



Sauerkraut, production of, 121. 



Scherffel, on leaf scales of Lathraea, 180. 



Schild, on intestinal bacteria of infants, 

 180. 



Schizomycetes, definition of, 35. 



Schizophyta, definition of, 37. 



Schloesing and Laurent, on fixation of N 

 by bacteria, 1 74. 



Schlossberger, on mycoprotein in yeast, 53. 



Schorf of potato, 138. 



Schreiber, spore formation in bacteria, 170. 



Schroeter, on bacterial pigments, 169. 



Sclerothrix Kochii, 153. 



Scytonemeae, relationship of to Cladothrix, 



37- 



Sea-water, percentage of bacteria in, 64. 



Selective power, 1 1 5. 



Selmi, on ptomaines, 175. 



Septicaemia, 145 ; causes of, 148. 



Sero-therapeutics, investigations in, 161 ; 

 principles of, 144 ; literature of, 184. 



Serum, bactericidal influence of, 162 ; cura- 

 tive, 165 ; — for cholera, 167 ; — mode 

 of production of, 164; — treatment, 

 literature of, 183, 184. 



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