CONTENTS 



Number 1, January, 1916 



Foreword — The Genesis of a New Science — Bacteriology. W. T. Sedgwick. . 



The Pedagogics of Bacteriology. D. H. Bergey. Presidential Address, Ur- 

 bana meeting 5 



Further Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: The Utilization of Proteid and 

 Non-Proteid Nitrogen. L. F. Rettger, N. Barman, and W. S. Sturges... 15 



Studies on Soil Protozoa and their Relation to the Bacterial Flora. I. 

 James M. Sherman 35 



A Culture Medium for Maintaining Stock Cultures of the Meningococcus. 

 C. G. A. Roos 67 



Bile Compared with Lactose Bouillon for Determining the Presence of B. 



coli in Water. M. M. Obst 73 



Society of American Bacteriologists. Abstracts of Papers Presented at Sev- 

 enteenth Annual Meeting, Urbana, III. December 28-30, 1915 81 



Abstracts of American Bacteriological Literature: 



Bacteriology of Food 123 



Bacteriology of Soils ; 123 



Bacteriology of Water and Sewage 125 



Dairy Bacteriology 125 



Disinfection 126 



Immunology 126 



Laboratory Technique 129 



Medical Bacteriology 130 



Physiology of Bacteria 131 



Plant Pathology 132 



Number 2, March, 1916 



Preliminary Report on Synthetic Media. C. J. T. Doryland 135 



On the Significance of the Voges-Proskauer Reaction. Max Levine 153 



Studies on Soil Protozoa and Their Relation to the Bacterial Flora. II. 



James M. Sherman 165 



Are Spore-forming Bacteria of any Significance in Soil under Normal Condi- 

 tions? H. J. Conn 187 



A Possible Function of Actinomycetes in Soil. H. J. Conn 197 



Practical Observations on the T-'tration and Adjustment of Culture Media. 



Bertha van Houten Anthony and Clarence V. Ekroth 209 



A Species of Alcohol-forming Bacteria Isolated from the Interior of Stalks 

 of Sugar Cane Infested with the Cane-borer Diatraea saccharalis. W. 



L. Owen 235 



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