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PARAPHRASING the author's statement in his preface, this book is not intended for those who require special knowledge on the subjects it deals with, but its intention is βto bring together in a general way some of our present information concerning the application of micro-organisms to industry.β Taking this fully into account, after having read the book, we must confess ourselves disappointed. The text is divided into thirty-one chapters, each dealing with some special applications of micro-organisms to industrial processes. To those who are acquainted with only some of these processes, the task of giving even a general account of so wide a field in so small a compass will appear at once Utopian.
Industrial Fermentations.
By Prof. Paul W. Allen. Pp. 424. (New York: The Chemical Catalog Co., Inc., 1926.) 5 dollars.
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L., A. Industrial Fermentations . Nature 119, 741 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119741b0
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