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RefNoPP/14/37
Previous numbersPP/46/39
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'The ferment-action of bacteria' by Thomas Lauder Brunton and A Macfadyen
CreatorMacfadyen; A (fl 1889)
Date1889
DescriptionThe authors write: 'In the course of the research the following micro-organisms were used:— 1. Koch’s comma spirillum (Flügge, ‘Die Mikro-organismen,’ Leipzig, 1886, p. 334). 2. Finkler’s comma spirillum (Flügge, ‘Die Mikro-organismen,’ Leipzig, 1886, p. 382). 3. A putrefactive micrococcus. 4. Scurf bacillus (Klein). 5. A bacillus isolated from milk by Dr. Klein, which for convenience we may call the “Welford Bacillus.”'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Note on cover reads 'omit pages 1-7 also IX, X. By order H [Herbert] Rix'.

Subject: Bacteriology

Received 23 March 1889 / 29 July 1889. Read 4 April 1889.

A version of this paper was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The ferment-action of bacteria'.
Extent43p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0056
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6432Brunton; Sir; Thomas Lauder (1844 - 1916)1844 - 1916
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