ZoBell — 208 — Marine Microbiology 



chemical processes is not going to solve for us the mystery of the meta- 

 morphosis of matter, if we neglect bacterial action. . . . What has been 

 said here about the importance of bacteriological research to hydrobiology 

 and limnology applies also to fisheries and biology in general. Wherever 

 we encounter the difficult problems of the cycle of substances on this 

 earth, we also encounter the necessity of considering bacteria." 



Sufficient progress has been made by hydrobacteriologists during the 

 last decade to substantiate the views of Thienemann expressed above, but 

 the solution of most of the problems to which he refers is still woefully 

 wanting. For the microbiologist with adequate training in chemistry, 

 biochemistry, physical chemistry, general biology, and hydrography, the 

 field of hydrobacteriology or marine microbiology is most promising, being 

 almost virgin, for research in pure and applied science. 



