Chemistry of the bacterial cell / Georges Knaysi -- The structure of the bacterial cell / Georges Knaysi -- Inheritance, variation, and adaptation / by Joshua Lederberg -- Growth of bacteria / I.C. Gunsalus -- Physical factors affecting growth and death / Peter Mitchell -- Chemical factors affecting growth and death / Orville Wyss -- Bacterial nutrition: chemical factors / Esmond E. Snell -- Bacterial enzymes and the theory of action / Fritz Schlenk -- Anaerobic dissimilation of carbohydrates / C.H. Werkman and Fritz Schlenk -- Bacterial oxidations / E.S.G. Barron -- Autotrophic assimilation of carbon dioxide / Jackson W. Foster -- Assimilation of carbon dioxide by heterotrophic bacteria / C.H. Werkman -- Organic nitrogen / Ernest F. Gale -- Biological nitrogen fixation / Perry W. Wilson -- Mineral metabolism / Stanley G. Knight -- The comparative biochemistry of molecular hydrogen / Henry Koffler and P.W. Wilson -- Assimilation by bacteria / C.E. Clifton -- Degradation and synthesis of complex carbohydrates / H.A. Barker and W.Z. Hassid -- Significance of autotrophy for comparative physiology / W.W. Umbreit -- Luminous bacteria / Frank H. Johnson -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Microorganism index.