CONTENTS 



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



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



James M. Sherman: Studies on Soil Protozoa and Their Relation to the 



Bacterial Flora. 11 165 



IH. J. Conn: Are Spore-forming Bacteria of any Significance in Soil under 



Normal Conditions ? 187 



tt. J. ConN: a Possible Function of Actinomycetes in Soil 197 



Bertha van Houten ANthoNy and Clarence V. Ekroth: Practical 



Observations on the Titration and Adjustment of Culture Media 209 



W. L. Owen: A Species of Alcohol-forming Bacteria isolated from the 

 Interior of Stalks of Sugar Cane infested with the Cane-borer Diatraea 

 saccharalis ^ 235 



Abstracts of American Bacteriological Literature: 



- Animal Pathology 249 



Bacteriology of Water and Sewage 250 



Immunology 251 



Laboratory Technique - • 256 



Medical Bacteriology 257 



Protozoa and other Animal Parasites 266 



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