bacteria in the skin flora were found in the airborne flora but no 

 longer as major groups. The major groups in the air were not found on 

 the skin (i.e., Moraxella , Sarcina , Gaffkya , Acinetobacter ) with the 

 exception of Arthrobacter on one diver. 



The entire microbiological study for all missions has not been completed. 

 It would be premature at this point to make further speculations on the 

 basis of this single mission which was not studied to the same extent as 

 the other remaining missions. As stated earlier, this mission was used 

 primarily as an opportunity to check the handling of samples and pro- 

 cedures of identification of bacteria; however, meaningful results were 

 obtained. At the completion of the study a separate complete report will 

 be made available. 



Acknowledgements . Thanks are extended to the technical staff involved at 

 the site at St. Johns Island. These people were: Mr. J. Hresko , Dr. H. 

 Ross, Mr. J. Hebert, HMl Seelbach, Mr. G. Culver, Mrs. P. Schuchman and 

 Mr. R. Cranford. The excellent work they did under such hardships as 

 existed in such a remote place is greatly appreciated. 



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