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TABLE XVI 



[ (Continued) 









I 1 



II 1 

 :olor 2/5 



III | IV i 



v I 



I | 



II | III IV | 



1 v 



P. versit 



717, B. prodigi 



osus & 



P. versicolor 2/5/17, Azotobacter chro- 



Bad. mycoides 3/30/17 





ococcum 4/2/17 





401 1 



8.29 



8.04 



0.25 



3.02 



431 



7.43 



7.28 



0.15 



2.02 



402 



8.19 



8.05 



0.14 



1.71 



432 



6.41 



6.32 



0.09 



1.40 



403 



7.10 



6.90 



0.20 



2.82 



433 



8.28 



8.13 



0.15 



1.81 



404 



8.65 



8.30 



0.35 



4.05 



435 



7.38 



7.19 



0.19 



2.57 



405 



6.27 



6.03 



0.24 



3.82 



436* 



7.57 



7.22 



0.35 



4.62 



406 



7.13 



6.97 



0.16 



2.24 



437* 



7.09 



6.89 



0.20 



2.53 



407 



7.75 



7.56 



0.19 



2.45 



438 



7.68 



7.60 



0.08 



1.04 



409 f 



7.14 



6.95 



0.19 



2.66 



439* 



8.46 



8.22 



0.24 



2.83 



410f 



8.86 



8.68 



0.18 



2.03 



440 



8.35 



8.11 



0.24 



2.87 



Average! 











2.47 

 l & B. 



Average 







2.41 



P. versic 



olor 2/5 



/17, B. vulgaris 



P. versicolor 2/5/17, B. vulgatus & Bad. 



coli 4/ 



'2/17 





1.96 



mycoides 4/2/17 





421 



7.64 



7.49 



0.15 



921 



7.56 



7.34 



0.22 



2.91 



422* 



8.09 



7.81 



0.28 



3.46 



922 j 



6.76 



6.60 



0.16 



2.37 



423* 



9.84 



7.36 



0.48 



4.48 



923 



6.79 



6.66 



0.13 



1.92 



424 



8.02 



7.68 



0.34 



4.23 



924f 



7.11 



6.91 



0.20 



2.81 



425 



7.63 



7.44 



0.19 



2.49 



925 



6.98 



6.77 



0.21 



3.01 



426* 



6.47 



6.36 



0.11 



1.70 



926 



7.18 



7.02 



0.16 



2.23 



427 



7.30 



7.15 



0.15 



2.06 



927 



7.00 



6.75 



0.25 



3.58 



428 



7.45 



7.25 



0.20 



2.68 



928 



6.46 



6.25 



0.21 



3.24 



429 



7.33 



6.97 



0.36 



4.90 



929 f 



7.36 



7.11 



0.25 



3.39 



Average | 









3.15 



Average 







2.83 



TABLE XVII (Series D) 



EFFECT OF BACTERIA ON THE RATE OF DECAY INDUCED BY FOMES PINIC 

 POLYSTICTUS VERSICOLOR, AND LENZITES SAEPIARIA ON DOUGLAS FIR 



Control, error due to weighing ±0. 03% 



F. pinicola 2/16/17, P. versicolor 3/29/17 



1061 



7.29 



7.29 



0.00 



0.00 



451 



8.25 



7.82 



0.43 



5.21 



1062 



7.32 



7.32 



0.00 



0.00 



452 



7.24 



7.15 



0.09 



1.24 



1063 



7.09 



7.09 



0.00 



0.00 



453 



7.08 



6.92 



0.16 



2.26 



1064 



8.86 



8.86 



0.00 



0.00 



454 



7.56 



7.18 



0.38 



5.01 



1065 



9.08 



9.07 



0.01 



0.11 



455 



7.65 



7.63 



0.02 



0.26 



1066 



9.18 



9.18 



0.00 



0.00 



456 



7.60 



7.34 



0.26 



3.42 



1067 



8.07 



8.06 



0.01 



0.12 



457 



6.99 



6.94 



0.05 



0.71 



1068 



8.46 



8.46 



0.00 



0.00 



458 



7.73 



7.40 



0.33 



4.27 



1069 



7.21 



7.21 



0.00 



0.00 



459 



7.58 



7.15 



0.43 



5.68 



1070 



O 98 



9 29 



01 



11 













X\J $ \J S • A*KJ 



7 • +*J 







\J - \J X 



\J 1 1 1 



0.03 



Average 



| 





3.12 



Forties pinicola 2/ 



16/17 







F. pinico 



la 2/16/17, L. saepiaria 3/30/17 



441 7.62 



7.11 



0.51 



6.68 



461 | 



1 8.32 



8.05 



0.27 



3.24 



442 



8.55 



8.00 



0.55 



5.75 



463 



6.43 



6.35 



0.08 



1.24 



443 



7.25 



7.18 



0.07 



0.96 



464 



8.02 



7.77 



0.25 



3.12 



444 



7.72 



7.65 



0.07 



0.91 



465 



7.62 



7.50 



0.12 



1.58 



445 



8.25 



7.75 



0.50 



6.05 



466 



7.39 



7.04 



0.35 



4.75 



446 



7.57 



7.45 



0.12 



1.58 



467 



7.78 



7.56 



0.22 



2.83 



447 



8.04 



7.73 



0.31 



3.86 



469 



7.06 



6.67 



0.39 



5.50 



448 



8.01 



7.83 



0.18 



2.25 



470 



8.16 



7.76 



0.40 



4.90 



449 



8 04 



7 94 



10 



1.24 













XX s 



450 



\J • V/ x 



ft »A 



6 81 



03 



44 











7JV \J t KJ^L 



\J • \J x 



\J * \J \J 



2.97 









3.02 



* No bacteria present after incubation. 



t Bacterium mycoides present after incubation. 



