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THIS book, as explained in the preface, is intended as an introduction to microbiology in its scientific aspects as distinct from its practical applications in hygiene, agriculture and industry. The author, indeed, considers that the lower unicellular microorganisms present problems sufficiently important to warrant microbiology being considered as a separate branch of biology, distinct from either botany or zoology. At the same time, when dealing with individual organisms, their role in the causation of disease, or their importance in agriculture and industry, are adequately described, and immunity, antibodies and antisera, agglutination and the like, are all considered.
The Biology of Bacteria: an Introduction to General Microbiology
By Prof. Arthur T. Henrici. Pp. xi + 472. (Boston, New York and Chicago: D. C. Heath and Co.; London: George G. Harrap and Co., Ltd., 1934.) 12s. 6d. net.
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H., R. The Biology of Bacteria: an Introduction to General Microbiology. Nature 136, 51 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136051b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136051b0