Moisture: A. Determined by drying the bacterial material in 

 vacuo: 0.0745 gram material gave 0.0544 gram H 2 O = 73.O2 

 per cent; 0.1033 gram material gave 0.0753 gram H 2 O = 72.89 

 per cent. B. Determined by drying the bacterial material at 

 100: 0.0466 gram material gave 0.0349 gram H 2 O = 74-9O 

 per cent; 0.0739 gram material gave 0.0554 gram H 2 O = 74.97 

 per cent. 



Lipins: 0.2051 gram bacterial material gave 0.0083 gram Lipins 

 = 4.04 per cent; 0.2251 gram bacterial material gave 0.0086 

 gram Lipins = 3. 82 per cent. 



(e) Organism No. 863: 



Nitrogen: 0.0265 gram material gave 0.0026 gram N = 9.8i 



per cent N; 0.0224 gram material gave 0.0023 gram N = 10.27 



per cent N. 

 Sulphur: 0.6206 gram material gave 0.0254 gram BaSO 4 = o.56 



per cent S; 0.7039 gram material gave 0.0283 gram BaSO 4 = 



0.55 per cent S. 



Phosphorus: 0.6206 gram material gave 0.0444 gram Mg 2 P 2 O7 = 



1.99 per cent P; 0.7039 gram material gave 0.0498 gram 



Mg 2 P 2 O 7 =i.97 per cent P. 

 Ash: 0.4887 gram material gave 0.0457 gram Ash = 9.35 per cent 



Ash; 0.5881 gram material gave 0.0552 gram Ash = 9. 38 per 



cent Ash. 



Moisture: A. Determined by drying the bacterial material in 

 vacuo: 0.0665 gram material gave 0.0465 gram ^0 = 69.93 

 per cent; o. 0743 gram material gave 0.0521 gram H 2 O = 7O.I2 

 per cent. B. Determined by drying the substance at 100: 

 -577 gram material gave 0.0432 gram H 2 O = 74.87 per cent. 



Lipins: 0.4098 gram bacterial material gave 0.0226 gram Lipins 

 = 5.51 per cent; 0.3933 gram material gave 0.0208 gram Lipins 

 = 5.29 per cent. 



(f) Organism No. 1074: 



Nitrogen: 0.0209 gram material gave 0.0021 gram N= 10.05 



per cent N; 0.0198 gram material gave 0.0019 gram N = 9-59 



per cent N. 

 Sulphur: 0.5037 gram material gave 0.0221 gram BaSO 4 = o.6o 



per cent S; 0.4791 gram material gave 0.0199 gram BaSC>4 = 



0.57 per cent S. 



Phosphorus: 0.5037 gram material gave 0.0358 gram Mg 2 P 2 O7 

 = 1.98 per cent P; 0.4791 gram material gave 0.0338 gram 

 Mg 2 P 2 O 7 = 1.96 per cent P. 



Moisture: A. Determined by drying the bacterial material in 

 vacuo: 0.1070 gram material gave 0.0765 gram H 2 O = 7i-5O 

 per cent; 0.0896 gram material gave 0.0642 gram H 2 O = 7i.65 

 per cent. B. Determined by drying the substance at 100: 

 0.0668 gram material gave 0.0506 gram H 2 O = 75.60 per cent; 

 0.0552 gram material gave 0.0416 gram H 2 O = 75-36 per cent. 



Lipins: 0.3080 gram bacterial material gave 0.0166 gram Lipins 

 = 5-39 P er cent; 0.2995 gram bacterial material gave 0.0162 

 gram Lipins = 5. 40 per cent. 



Ash: 0.3024 gram material gave 0.0301 gram Ash = 9. 95 per 

 cent Ash; 0.4024 gram material gave 0.0398 gram Ash = 9. 89 

 per cent Ash. 



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