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SCHMITZ STUDIES IN THE DECAY OF WOOD 



121 









TABLE XIV 



(Continued) 









I 1 



II | III | IV 



v I 



1 I | II | HI 



IV 



1 v 



P. versicolor 2/4/17, Azotobacter chro- 



P. versicolor 2/4/17, B. vulgatus < 



& Bact. 



ococcum 4/2/17 





mycoides 4/2/17 





211* 



9.12 



9.12 1 0.00 



0.00 



891 



8.26 1 8.26 



0.00 



0.00 



212* 



10.48 



10.41 



0.07 



0.67 



892 



10.86 



10.69 



0.17 



1.59 



213 



8.46 



8.41 



0.05 



0.59 



893 



9.03 



8.94 



0.09 



1.00 



214* 



9.78 



9.77 



0.01 



0.11 



894 



8.73 



8.63 



0.10 



1.14 



215 



8.57 



8.43 



0.14 



1.63 



895 tl 



9.36 



9.20 



0.16 



1.71 



216 



8.59 



8.56 



0.03 



0.35 



896 



10.59 



10.42 



0.17 



1.61 



217 



9.25 



9.12 



0.13 



1.40 



897 ft 



9.43 



9.40 



0.03 



0.32 



218 



9.25 



9.20 



0.05 



0.54 



898 



9.27 



9.13 



0.14 



1.51 



219 



9.52 



9.49 



0.03 



0.37 



899 



8.92 



8.88 



0.04 



0.45 



220 



9.70 9.70 



0.00 



0.00 



900 ft 



9.11 



9.08 



0.03 



0.33 



Average 



1 



0.57 



Average 









0.96 



TABLE XV (Series B) 



THE EFFECT OF BACTERIA ON THE RATE OF DECAY INDUCED BY FOMES PINICOLA, 



POLYSTICTUS VERSICOLOR, AND LENZITES SAEPIARIA ON WHITE ASH 



Control, error due to weigl 



iiing ±( 

 0.00 



).01% 

 0.00 



F. pinicola 2/16/17, L. saepiaria 3/30/17 



1071 



9.00 



9.00 



681 



6.06 



5.78 



0.28 



4.61 



1072 



6.17 



6.17 



0.00 



0.00 



682 



5.83 



5.57 



0.26 



4.46 



1073 



6.29 



6.28 



0.01 



0.15 



684 



6.29 



5.81 



0.48 



7.13 



1074 



5.80 



5.80 



0.00 



0.00 



685 



5.58 



5.10 



0.48 



8.59 



1075 



7.75 



7.75 



0.00 



0.00 



686 



7.63 



7.45 



0.18 



2.36 



1076 



9.35 



9.35 



0.00 



0.00 



687 



6.35 



5.97 



0.38 



6.00 



1077 



9.01 



9.01 



0.00 



0.00 



688 



7.41 



7.15 



0.26 



3.50 



1078 



9.87 



9.87 



0.00 



0.00 



689 



5.94 



5.45 



0.49 



8.25 



1079 



8.55 



8.55 



0.00 



0.00 



690 



7.60 



7.56 



0.04 



0.53 



1080 



10.24 



10.24 



0.00 



0.00 













Average 



-^"- -%^" V ^^^^ ^^™ 



^^™» ^^^ ■» ^^^» 







0.01 



Average 









5.05 



Fomes pinicola 2/16/17 



F. pinicola 2/16, 

 versicolor 3/30/ 



/17, L. . 

 17 



saepiari 



a &P. 



661 



6.17 



5.93 



0.24 



3.89 



691 



6.76 



4.78 



1.98 



28.29 



663 



6.50 



5.96 



0.54 



6.79 



692 



5.53 



3.75 



1.78 



32.15 



664 



5.74 



5.54 



0.20 



3.49 



693 



6.52 



4.40 



2.12 



33.52 



665 



6.70 



6.55 



0.15 



2.24 



694 



6.31 



4.64 



1.67 



31.41 



666 



6.04 



5.77 



0.27 



4.47 



696 



6.07 



4.10 



1.97 



32.46 



667 



7.08 



7.02 



0.06 



0.85 



698 



5.67 



3.70 



1.97 



34.75 



668 



6.26 



5.98 



0.28 



4.47 



700 



6.61 



4.76 



1.85 



28.40 



669 



6.77 



6.61 



0.16 



2.36 













670 



5.89 



5.57 



0.32 



5.45 









Average 



fcl — — 1_»- »— 



^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^ 







4.89 



1/30/17 



Average 





31.54 



F. pinico 



la 2/16/17, P.ver 



sicolor 2 



F. pinicola 2/ 1' 

 3/30/17 



6/17, I 



h proc 



iigiosus 



671 



6.15 



5.49 



0.66 



10.73 



701* 



7.35 



7.15 



0.20 



2.72 



672 



7.54 



6.91 



0.63 



8.35 



702 



6.74 



6.52 



0.22 



3.32 



673 



6.71 



4.26 



1.45 



21.57 



704 



6.77 



6.47 



0.30 



4.43 



674 



5.97 



4.25 



1.72 



28.85 



705 



6.53 



6.33 



0.20 



3.06 



675 



6.80 



5.14 



1.66 



24.42 



706 



6.07 



5.95 



0.12 



1.98 



676 



5.74 



4.33 



1.41 



24.60 



707* 



7.25 



7.15 



0.10 



1.38 



677 



6.15 



5.97 



0.18 



2.93 



708 



6.07 



5.33 



0.74 



12.18 



678 



6.79 



5.51 



1.28 



18.88 



709 



6.67 



6.28 



0.39 1 



5.84 



679 



5.92 



4.87 



1.05 



17.75 



710* 



6.64 



6.29 



0.35 



5.27 



680 



6.84 



4.56 



1.28 



18.71 













W& V-^ ^^r 



Average 



^%^^^ • ^fc»^ ^^^^^ 







17.68 



Average 









4.46 



* No bacteria present after incubation. 



t Bacterium mycoides present after incubation. 



% Bacillus vulgatus present 

 after incubation. 



