Note: Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- MESSAGE OF WELCOME: The Governor General of Canada -- PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES -- Stuart Mudd -- E. G. D. Murray -- STRUCTION AND FUNCTION -- SYMPOSIUM I: MEMBRANE PERMEATION -- K. McQuillen: Chairman's Remarks -- W. van Iterson: Membranous Structures in Micro-organisms -- E. Kodicek: Aspects of the Constitution of Bacterial Membranes -- A. Kepes: Permeases: Identification and Mechanism -- R. J. Britten: The Mechanism of Pool Formation in Escherichia coli -- SYMPOSIUM II: PROPERTIES OF ISOLATED CELLULAR PARTICLES -- R. B. Roberts: Chairman's Remarks -- G. Zubay: Physical and Chemical Properties of Particles -- B. J. McCarthy: Biosynthesis of Ribosomal and Complementary RNA in Bacteria -- S. Spiegelman: The Use of DNA-RNA Hybridization as an Analytical Tool -- G. von Ehrenstein: On the Biosynthesis of Hemoglobin in Reticulocyte Ribosomes -- AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY -- SYMPOSIUM III: INSECT MICROBIOLOGY -- L. Bailey: Chairman's Remarks -- A. Krieg: Crystalliferous Bacteria -- D. M. MacLeod and T. C. Loughheed: Entomogenous Fungi -- A. Koch: The Symbionts in Wood-destroying Insects -- C. Vago: La Pathogénèse des viroses d'insectes -- J. P. Kramer: The Entomophilic Microsporidians -- SYMPOSIUM IV: PSYCHROPHILIC MICRO-ORGANISMS -- M. Ingram: Chairman's Remarks -- J. L. Stokes: General Biology and Nomenclature of Psychrophilic Micro-organisms -- A. H. Rose: Biochemistry of the Psychrophilic Habit: Studies on the Low Maximum Temperature -- J. L. Ingraham: Factors Affecting the Lower Limits of Temperature for Growth -- SYMPOSIUM V: ENZYMES IN SOILS -- G. H. Peterson: Chairman's Remarks -- E. Hofmann: The Origin and Importance of Enzymes in Soil -- A. D. McLaren: Enzyme Activity in Soils Sterilized by Ionizing Radiation and Some Comments on Microenvironments in Nature -- G. Hoffmann: Synthetic Effects of Soil Enzymes. , C. G. Dobbs: Factors in Soil Mycostasis -- SYMPOSIUM VI : EFFECT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL MEASURES ON SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS -- H. Katznelson: Chairman's Remarks -- H. L. Jensen: The Influence of Herbicidic Chemicals on Soil Metabolism and on the Zymogenic Soil Microflora -- C. A. I. Goring: Chemical Control of Plant Pathogenic Micro-organisms in Soil -- R. H. Stover: The Use of Organic Amendments and Green Manures in the Control of Soil-borne Phytopathogens -- K. F. Baker: Control of Phytopathogenic Micro-organisms in Soil by Management Practices -- N. A. Krassilnikov: The Role of Micro-organisms in Plant Life -- INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY -- PANEL DISCUSSION 1: GENETICS APPLIED TO INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY -- G. Pontecorvo: Chairman's Remarks -- S. G. Bradley: Genetics of Actinomycetes: Mechanisms and Significance -- F. J. Ryan: Bacterial Variation -- J. A. Roper: Mechanisms of Recombination in Certain Filamentous Fungi -- H. Roman: Sources of Variability in Vegetative Yeast Cultures -- PANEL DISCUSSION 2: MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF AMINO ACIDS -- T. Asai: Chairman's Remarks -- E. L. Dulaney. Industrial Implications of Microbial Production of Amino Acids -- T. Asai: General Aspects of Amino Acid Fermentation in Japan -- S. Kinoshita: Production of Amino Acids with Special Consideration of the Function of Biotin -- H. S. Moyed: The Regulation of Biosynthetic Reactions -- R. A. Latimer: Comparison of Analytical Methods for the Determination of Amino Acids -- PANEL DISCUSSION 3: EVOLUTIONARY OPERATION AND HORIZONS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY -- J. C. Sylvester: Chairman's Remarks -- E. F. Whiting: Evolutionary Operation in Industrial Microbiology -- R. W. Jackson: Horizons in Fermentation as Viewed by the Development Engineer -- T. O. Wikén: Horizons in Industrial Microbiology as Viewed by the Microbiologist -- VIROLOGY. , SYMPOSIUM VII: MECHANISMS OF IMMUNITY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE -- M. Pollard: Chairman's Remarks -- J. Salk: Mechanisms of Immunity in Virus Infections -- A. A. Miles: Mechanisms of Immunity in Bacterial Infections -- N. K. Jerne: Mechanisms of Immunity in Infections Associated with Exotoxins -- SYMPOSIUM VIII : INTERFERENCE AND INTERFERON -- A. W. Downie: Chairman's Remarks -- A. Isaacs: Interferon and Virus Infection -- D. Blaškovič: Interference Phenomena against Arthropodborne Viruses -- J. P. Fox: Interference Phenomena Observed in the Field -- SYMPOSIUM IX : DEMONSTRATION OF VIRUSES IN NEOPLASIA -- A. B. Sabin: Chairman's Remarks -- F. L. Horsfall: Role of Infectious Agents in the Pathogenesis of Neoplasia -- W. Bernhard: Les Problèmes de la mise en évidence de virus oncogènes au microscope électronique -- G. Klein: Genetic Aspects of the Relationship between Viruses and Tumors -- MEDICAL AND VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY -- SYMPOSIUM X: PLEUROPNEUMONIA-LIKE ORGANISMS AS AGENTS OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL DISEASES -- H. E. Morton: Chairman's Remarks -- E. Klieneberger-Nobel: Some Current Trends in the Field of PPLO -- L. Dienes: Comparative Morphology of L-Forms and PPLO -- P. F. Smith: The Role of Sterols in the Growth and Physiology of Pleuropneumonia-like Organisms -- S. Razin: Structure, Composition and Properties of the PPLO Cell Envelope -- P. Plackett, S. H. Buttery and G. S. Cottew: Carbohydrates of some Mycoplasma strains -- SYMPOSIUM XI: THE VIRULENCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCI -- R. E. O. Williams: Ecological Evidence for the Existence of Virulent Strains of Staphylococci -- P. M. Rountree: The Origin and Spread of Virulent Staphylococci -- K. Rosendal: Correlation of Virulence of Staphylococci from Patients with Bacteraemia with Various Laboratory Indices -- D. E. Rogers: The Phagocytosis of Staphylococci. , J. B. Derbyshire: Immunization against Staphylococcal Infections -- GENERAL -- SYMPOSIUM XII : MICROBIAL CLASSIFICATION -- V. Zhdanov: Chairman's Remarks -- V. B. D. Sherman: Design and Purpose in Classification -- S. D. Henriksen: Can We Find a Uniform Base-line for Each Taxonomic Rank? -- S. E. Luria: Molecular and Genetic Criteria in Bacterial Classification -- R. Pakula: Can Transformation be used as a Criterion in Taxonomy of Bacteria? -- O. Lysenko: The Statistical Approach to Bacterial Taxonomy -- SYMPOSIUM XIII: INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MYCOSES -- C. W. Emmons: Chairman's Remarks -- N. van Uden: Factors of Host-Yeast Relationship -- P. K. C. Austwick. The Ecology of Aspergillus fumigatus and the Pathogenic Phycomycetes -- R. O. Egeberg: Factors Influencing the Distribution of Coccidioides immitis in soil -- E. S. McDonough: Studies on the Growth and Survival of Blastomyces dermatitidis in Soil -- J. E. Mackinnon: Ambient Temperature and Some Deep Mycoses -- F. Mariat: Notes epidémiologiques à propos des mycétomes -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ADDENDUM -- Statute/Statutes, 1962 -- Sociétés nationales constituantes/Constituent National Societies -- Comités du travail/Working Committees -- Assemblée générale/General Meeting, Minutes -- THE CONTRIBUTION OF MICROBIOLOGY TO WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES -- ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS.

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