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ACTION OF ACIDS AND ALKALIJ'.S. ]-:TC. 



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(,''_)4). \\'ai,i,il-zkk, Heinrich. T)ic Resistenz dc^ 

 Bacterium coli coninninc scgcn Eintrock- 

 iuiiil;-. CeiTtralb. f. Bakt., Bd, xv, 1894, pp. 

 040-050 



It coli proved quite sensitive to dry ;iir The writer of 

 tliis abstract has found great dinVrcuccs anions t>aoteria 

 e g B. ti-achciphiUis was killed b\' a few niiuntes' expos- 

 ure ou cover-glai^scs, while Bact. li>'aciiithi lived inulcr 

 similar couditious for more than a montli. Jones louiid 

 his Bacillus carotovorus to l>e even more sensiti\'c tlian 

 B. tracheiphiUis See foUowiu^ citations. 



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Smith, Ekwin F. Bacillus Iracliciphilus, etc 

 Centralli, f Bakt. 2 Al.t,, Bd, t, p. ,^70, 



MiouHL, P. Siir la loiioe\-iic dc^ pjermcs flc^ 

 'liactcries dans Ics pnussii-rcs ot dans le sol 

 \nn. de micr., iSo". T. i\, pp. 109-207 and 

 251-250. 



Tones, L. R. A soft rot of tlic carrot, etc. 

 i.Wli Ann. Rep. Vt. Agric. Exp. Sta for 1000 

 Burlington, Vt., looi. Sec p. 328 for refer- 

 ence to this subject. 



Smith, Erwin F. The cultural characters oE 

 Bs hvacinthi. etc. Bull. 2R, Div. Veg. Phys. 

 and Patli., U. S. Pep. .\,L;r., Wisliington, 

 1 ) C , lOOi, p. 145. 



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XXXVI. Action of Acids and Alkalies. 



Ar.roTT, .\. C. The germicidal \-aluc of some 



of the ve.uetablc acids. The Medical News. 



Phila., 18S6. 9 Jan., pp. 3,V,^4. 



]). DelbruECIv, M. Ueber rl.as A^'erhalten der 



Cholerabacillen auf frischen ^ Fruchten. 



einigen Genuss- und Nahrungsini'tteln. Son- 



derabdruck aus den A^erolTcntlichungen des 



Kaiserlichen Gesundheils.mite, 1S02, No 42, 



\-nm TO October, Berlin. A'crlag von Julius 



S|>ruiger, 1S02. pp. S12-8J4 



Tlie i^cr cent uf malic acid iu inan\- rriiits i.s i^iveii This 



varies trom o.i ', (certain pearsl I" J.'.s (red currautsK In 



the feeblv acul fruits, the cholera bacilli were dead niside 



of ' to - days ■ in the the tarter fruits tht> retanied then" 



vitalitx'oulV for a period measure. 1 by hours Tsualh- 



the\- were dead iu from i to h hours 



;). SciIT.uETER, G. P. IS W'achstum der Bakterien 

 auf saurem Nahrboden Ccnlralh f. Bakt, 

 Bd. .\i, 1S92, pp. 5?9-,=;o8 

 \ do?cn difTerent bacteria wue tested iu " ordinary nu- 

 trient gelatin "and in fish Khie, with additlou of laUic 

 acid alum tartaric aciil, citric acid, acetic acul, and hy- 

 drochloric ' acid. .Several organisms tolerated as much 

 as I IKr cent of lactic acid, or i per cent tartaric acid 

 but their growth was slow and usuall\ feeble, several 

 erew feeliiv in the presence of ', l>er cent aUiin. Six 

 uiew abnudantlv in gelatin acidifi<d u ith citric acnt, so 

 that. sec of the'gel.atin required for its neutralization 

 ICC ol sodium carbonate water of the strength 5.^,1000 

 In fish glue containiuf o.i,s per cent acetic acid, several 

 -rew but oulv feeblv. Six grew in hsh glue containing 

 Jo-s per cent hvdroJhlonc acid. The anthrax organisni 

 gre'w better with 0.2 per cent alum than on a neutral 

 siilistratum 



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Hesse, ^^^ Uebcr den EinHuss dcr .\lka- 

 Icscenz des X.dirliodens auf das Wachsthum 

 ' " Bd XV, 



dcr Bakterien Zeitschr. f. TTy.Q- 

 bSc)3, pp. 1S3-101. 

 r) Voces. O Ueber das A\'achstum der Cholera- 

 baciilcn auf Karli.ffeln Centralb f Bakt, 

 Bd. -Mil, 1893. PP .s4.V.=;50. 

 Organism woula not grow ou potato as ordinarily pre- 

 pared luitgrew wellat37-'C (and more sloulv itJo^)on 

 he addition of a -'to ■, percent solution ol sodium chlor- 

 ide Nearly as good results were obtained Hith ", to i„ 

 ,er cent sodium carbonate solution. Crowth was also 

 obtained on potato with ■.- to ', per cent sodium hydrate 

 solution. 



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PeElEman, M. Per Einfluss der Reaktion des 

 Niihrbodens auf das Bakterieiwvadistum. 

 Arbeit, aus dem Kaiserl. Gesundlieitsamle, 

 Bd. XIII, 1S07, Heft 3. Rev. in Centralb. f. 

 Bakt., XXII Bd., 1897, pp. 355-356. 



Fermi, Ce.mhuo. Pie Mineral- und nrgan- 

 ischcn S.iureu, die .Mkali, die Alkaloide, das 

 Jodkali und das arsensanre Kali zur Piffer- 

 IMikroorganismen. Centralb 

 xxiii, 1S9S, pp. 208-217 and 



(.■nzieianiL; der 

 f Bakt,' Bd 

 2(10-273. 



iif the ]>lant acids, o.xalic wa^ 

 eleterious to the Scliizoiiiycetes 

 iven on p -■^ii-i et seq. 



3und to be the most 

 T"he conebisions arc 



XXXVII. Agglutination and Precipitation. 



( 1)9) W ui\i., b'iK.^1 \i\'ii Sero-diagnostic de La fievre 

 l\pliniile Hull, et mem. de la soc. med. des 

 blip, de P.aris. 26 juin. 1896, pp. 561-566 



('07). W'iP.M,, I'', ET Sic.\RD, A. Etudes srir le scro- 

 dia.guiislic et sur la reaction ag.glutinante 

 edicz les typhiques -Ann. de lTn.st. Pasteur, 

 T. XI, 1807, pp. 3,=i3-432. 



CQ/). FeExxer, S .V recently discovered property 

 of the [iliiod scrum in animals immune from 

 certain diseases, and its application to the 

 dia.gnosis of those disease^ in human being's. 

 Science (n. 3.), vol. v, pp. 013-194, 1S97 



('07) M.M.voz, E, Recherches sur I'a.gglutination du 

 Bacillus typiliosus par des substances 

 chimique. ."Vnn. de I'lnst, Pasteur, T. xi, 

 1807, pp. 582-500. 



(98) Nicoi.EE, Cii.\RLEs, Recherches sur la sub- 

 staiice ag.ghttinee, Ann. de I'Tnst. Pasteur, 

 T, XII, 1808, pp. 161-191. 



('09). Biiriii;t, Jin.ES. Le mechaiiisme de I'.L.gglutina- 

 tion. -'\nu. de I'lnst. Pasteur, T. xiii, 1800, 

 pp 225-250 



('90"), T\R\rs, R, Ein Eeitrag zur Kcnntniss des 

 ]\Iechani^mus der agglutination, Wiener 

 Klin, W'ochenscbr, 1S99. Tahrg, xii, pp, 1-4. 



( 'cioV Grocer. Zur Theorie der Agglutination, 

 Chinch, med. AA'ocbenschr , 1899, No. 41. 

 Rev. in Centralb. f. Bakt , xxvii Bd,, 1900, 

 pp 285-2S6 



('00) S\hi;.\zKS ET ErEngltEs. Ag.glutinincs chini- 

 iques. C, R, de la Soc. de biol , 1R99, No. 

 3.S, P 930 Rev in Centralb. f Bakt,, xxvii 

 Bd , 1900, p 756 



('00). ZiKEs. Ueber das Ausschleudern von Mikro- 

 organismen outer Zuhilfenahnie von Fiil- 

 lungsmitteln. Oesterr. Chemiker-Zeitun.g, 

 1000, No 2. Rev. in Centralb. f. Bakt., 

 XXVII Bd . 1900, p 628 



( '00 L Smith. R Greic. The flocculatiici of bacteria. 

 The mechanism of agglutination. Proceed- 

 ings of I^inn. Soc of New South A\'ales, 

 igoo. Part i, pp, 65-74. 75-83. Also a sepa- 

 rate (issued -Aug, 8. 1900). 



Coo), Purh,\ai, Herbert E, Some theoretical con- 

 siilerations upon the n.ature of agglutinins, 

 together 'with further obscrv.itions upon 

 ISacillus t\phi abdominalis. Bacillus enteri- 

 tidis, Bacilbis coli communis. Bacillus lactic 

 aerogcues, and some other bacilli of allied 

 character Tour, of Exp Med,, vol. v, pp. 

 353-388. 



