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SCHIZ OM YCE TES 



The SCHIZOMYCETES or Bacteria may also be considered as 

 fungus allies (Cf. p. 19). Their importance in the world of life 

 ought to be popularly better known, both as agents of contagious 

 diseases, and as agents of fermentation and decay, in which they 

 play a more wholesome part. They are too exclusively studied 

 from a pathogenic standpoint, and their biological and scientific 

 side is unfortunately almost wholly neglected in this country. 

 The special literature on the subject belongs to the specialized 

 science of Bacteriology but for a recent systematic account of famil- 

 ies and genera one may consult 



Migula. Schizomycetes, in Die natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien 

 1-44. 1896. 



