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CONTENTS. 



DIVISION I. 



SCHIZOMYCETIC FERMENTATION. 



Section I. General Morphology and Physiology of the 

 Sehizomyeetes. 



27. Forms of Growth 



28. Dimensions of Bacteria 



CHAPTER I. FORM AND DIMENSIONS. 



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29. Mutability of Form 

 30. Involution Forms] 



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CHAPTER II. STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION OF THE BACTERIAL 



CELL. 



31. Chemical Composition of 



the Cell Wall ... 38 



32. Optical Properties of the 



Cell Wall .... 39 



33. Zooglcea Formation . . 39 



34. Plasmolysis . . . .41 



35. Structure of the Cell Con- 

 tents . . . .42 



36. Elementary Composition of 



the Bacterial Cell . . 44 



37. Quantitative and Qualitative 



Selective Power . . 46 



CHAPTER III. POWER OF INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT IN BACTERIA. 



38. Molecular Movement and 



Locomotion . .48 



39. The Flagella or Cilia . . 49 



40. Histology of the Cilia . 

 41. Chemotaxis . 



52 



CHAPTER IV. VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION BY FISSION. 



42. Division in One Direction . 55 

 43. Division in Two Directions . 56 

 44. Division in Three Directions 57 



45' Form of the Daughter-Cells 5 

 46. Division of the Nucleus 

 47. Kate of Eeproduction . 



CHAPTER V. THE PERMANENT (REPRODUCTIVE) FORMS OR SPORES. 



48. Formation of Endospores . 60 53. Kesisting Power of the En- 



49. Alterations in the Form of dospores . . . .65 



54. Behaviour of the Endospores 



towards Dyes . . .66 



55. Arthrospores . . . 67 



the Mother-Cell 

 50. Number of Spores 



51. Form and Size of the Spores 64 

 52. Conditions Influencing Spore 



Formation . . .64 



CHAPTER VI. THE GERMINATION OF THE ENDOSPORE. 



56. First Type . 

 57. Second Type 

 58. Third Type . 



59. Importance of this Process 

 in the Classification of 

 Bacteria . . .71 



