MECHANISM OF DEATH 



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Zeug did not succeed in finding a suitable mineral 

 solution for Vibrio Metchnikovi, Without calcium lac- 



Table 123. — Death op Bact. vulgare and Micr. pyogenes in 

 Different Salt Solutions 



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tate, this species died fairly fast. This presence of 

 organic compounds is experimentally objectionable 

 because lactate might be food for the Vibrio; it was suffici- 

 ent to produce multiplication with Bact. vulgare. Zeug 

 emphasizes that there are many different mixtures 

 equally well suited for keeping cells alive. 



The best mineral medium would be the ideal medium 

 for starvation experiments. Table 123 shows that 



