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isms was noticed for both white and yolk. The species isolated 

 here are also of a great variety and fairly numerous, as the following 

 list indicates: Streptofhrix spJ, B. vulgatus, Sarcina luteaf, Alter- 

 naria sp. ?, Sarcina flava, Mic. aquatilis, Cladosporium sp. ?, Mic. aerius, 

 B. mesentericus , Bact. ferrugineum, Sarcina subflava, and Mic. aureus. 

 From this time on until the final examination which .was made 

 when the eggs had been in storage 1 year, 7 months, and 22 days 

 they were either sterile or inhabited by a few colonies of the more 

 resistant fungi. The number of eggs examined was too small to 

 permit the drawing of elaborate conclusions. The observations are 

 of interest, however, as indicating a line of future investigations. 



Bacteriological examination of fresh eggs. 



a Gelatin plates incubated at 15 to 20 C. 

 Bacteriological examination of cold-storage eggs. 



