CONTENTS 



TITLE PAGE iii 



CONTRIBUTORS v 



INTRODUCTIONS (Editor) vii 



CONTENTS (Editor) xv 



HISTORICAL REVIEW (Harrison) i 



PART I. MORPHOLOGY AND CULTURE OF MICROORGANISMS 



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

 OUTLINE OF PROTOZOAL GROUPS (Todd) 



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CHAPTER I. ELEMENTS OF MICROBIAL CYTOLOGY (Guilliermond) 15 



Cells and energids. Structure of the cell, Nuclear structure (general structure of 

 the nucleus, centriole, value of the nucleus, forms of nuclei, theory of binuclearity), 

 cytoplasm (appearance of protoplasm, chondriosomes, vacuoles, reserve products), 

 membrane, locomotion. Reproduction, Various processes, nuclear division (mito- 

 sis, amitosis), sexual changes. 



CHAPTER II. MOLDS (Thorn) CYTOLOGY (Guilliermond) 36 



Fungi in general, Bacteria. Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Imper- 

 fect fungi. Cytology of molds, General structure of molds, cytoplasm, nuclei, 

 metachromatic corpuscles and reserve products, cell wall. Molds, Cosmopolitan 

 saprophytes, molds of fermentation, parasitic molds. Consideration of groups, 

 Mucor, Thamnidium, Penicillium, Aspergillus, Monascus, Cladosporium, Alter- 

 naria and Fusarium, Oidium, Monilia, Dematium, Saprolegniaceae. 



CHAPTER III. YEASTS (Bioletti) CYTOLOGY (Guilliermond) . 61 



Morphology of certain types, Definition and bases of classification. Cytology, 

 General structure of yeasts, cytological phenomena during multiplication, variation 

 in the cellular structure during development, cytological phenomena of the sporula- 

 tion and germination of ascospores. The principal yeasts of importance to fermenta- 

 tion industries, True yeasts, pseudo-yeasts. Culture of yeasts. 



CHAPTER IV. BACTERIA (Frost) CYTOLOGY (Guilliermond). 79 



Forms of lower bacteria, Fundamental form types, gradations, involution forms. 

 Size. Motility, Brownian movement, vital movement, organs of locomotion, 

 character of movement, rate. Reproduction, Vegetative multiplication, spore 

 formation. Cell grouping, Cell aggregates among the micrococci, the bacilli, the 

 spirilla, Zooglcea. Cytology of bacteria, General consideration of cytoplasm and 

 nucleus, minute consideration of cytoplasm and nucleus, life cycle of bacteria 

 (Editor), reserve products, general structure of cell wall, minute structure of cell wall, 

 capsules, general consideration of flagella, minute consideration of flagella. Higher 

 bacteria, The larger spirochaetes, trichobacteria, the sulphur bacteria. Classi- 

 fication. Relationship of bacteria. Cultivation of bacteria. 



CHAPTER V. FILTRABLE MICROORGANISMS (Dorset) 119 



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



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