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I. The Newer Knowledge of the Morphology of Bacteria~T^ — T . i 

 Herbert C. Ward 



II. The Chemical Structure of Bacteria 14 



Traugott Baumgdrtel 



III. Staining Reactions of Bacteria 19 



Johfi W. Churchman 



IV. Morphological Changes during the Growth of Bacteria ... 38 



Paul F. Clark 



V. Growth Curves of Bacteria 46 



R. E. Buchanan 



VI. The Rise and Fall of Bacterial Populations 58 



C.-E. A. Winslow 



VII. The Dissociative Aspects of Bacterial Behavior 84 



Philip Hadley 



VIII. Bacterial Associations 102 



W. L. Holman 



IX. Classification of Bacteria 120 



Roger G. Perkins 



X. Atoms, Ions, Salts, and Surfaces 136 



William D. Harkins 



XI. The Effect of the Surface Tension of the Menstruum upon Bac- 

 teria and Toxins 179 



W. P. Larson 

 XII. Oxidation-Reduction Potentials of Dye Systems and Their Sig- 

 nificance in Bacteriology 188 



W. Mansfield Clark 



XIII. Anaerobiosis 198 



Ivan C. Hall 



XIV. Bacterial Oxidations and Reductions .211 



James Walter McLeod 



XV. Protein (Nitrogen) Metabolism of Bacteria 218 



Leo F. Rettger 



XVI. The Utilization of Carbohydrates by Bacteria 227 



Arthur Isaac Kendall 

 XVII. Utilization of Aliphatic and Aromatic Compounds by Bacteria . 243 

 S. A. Koser 



XVIII. Gas Metabolism of Bacteria 250 



M. H. Souk 



XIX. Enzymes of Bacteria 268 



Selman A . Waksman 



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