Abstract
THE work under notice is, on the whole, an excellent monograph on water. bacteriology. First published twenty years ago, the present edition has been revised throughout. The procedures outlined are those of the Committee on Standard Methods of the American Public Health Association, and in some respects differ from those current in Great Britain. Chapters on the bacteriology of sewage and sewage effluents and the bacteriological examination of shell-fish are included. Much information has been collected on Bacillus coli and its variants and methods for their detection and isolation, though some of the fermentation reactions of the allied organisms are incorrectly given. One of the most important chapters is that on the significance and interpretation of bacteriological examinations of water, and the position taken is a thoroughly sound one. A bibliography running into twenty-nine pages completes this useful book.
Elements of Water Bacteriology: with Special Reference to Sanitary Water Analysis.
Prof.
S. C.
Prescott
Prof.
C. E. A.
Winslow
By. Fourth edition, rewritten. Pp. ix + 211. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1924.) 11s. 6d. net.
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Elements of Water Bacteriology: with Special Reference to Sanitary Water Analysis . Nature 115, 415 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115415d0
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