CONTENTS. 



TITLE PAGE iii 



CONTRIBUTORS v 



INTRODUCTION (Editor) vii 



CONTENTS (Editor) ' xi 



HISTORICAL REVIEW (Harrison) i 



PART I. MORPHOLOGY AND CULTURE OF MICROORGANISMS. 



GENERAL (Editor). OUTLINE OF PLANT GROUPS (Thorn). 

 OUTLINE OF PROTOZOAL GROUPS (Todd). 



CHAPTER I. MOLDS (Thom) 12 



Fungi in general, Bacteria, Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Imperfect 

 fungi. Molds, Cosmopolitan saprophytes, molds of fermentation, parasites and 

 facultative parasites. Consideration of groups, Mucor, Penicillium, Aspergillus, 

 Cladosporium, Alternaria and Fusarium, Oidium, Monilia, Dematium. 



CHAPTER II. YEASTS (Bioletti) 28 



Morphology of certain types, Definition and bases of classification, general morpho- 

 logical characteristics. The principal yeasts of importance to fermentation indus- 

 tries, True yeasts, pseudo-yeasts. Culture of yeasts. 



CHAPTER III. BACTERIA (Frost) 37 



Form, Fundamental form types, gradations, involution forms. Size. Motility, 

 Brownian movement, vital movement, organs of locomotion, character of move- 

 ment, rate. Reproduction, Vegetative multiplication, spore formation. Cell 

 grouping. Structure of the bacterial cell. Higher bacteria. Classification. Rela- 

 tionship of bacteria. Cultivation of bacteria. 



CHAPTER IV. INVISIBLE MICROORGANISMS (Dorset) 64 



A brief general discussion of the available knowledge of invisible microorganisms. 



CHAPTER V. PROTOZOA (Todd) 68 



Introduction. Structure of protozoa. Functions of protozoa, Locomotion and 

 reproduction, developmental cycle, encystment. Parasitism. Discussion of classi- 

 fication. Technic. 



PART II. PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS (RAHN). 



DIVISION I. NUTRITION AND METABOLISM. (A Few Paragraphs on 

 Protozoal Nutrition by Todd.) 



INTRODUCTION, Principles of nutrition and metabolism, energy supply of 

 microorganisms. 



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