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7. The Distribution and Significance of Micro-Organisms in Water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

A. Wynter Blyth
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The results of more than a year's study of the distribution of micro-organisms, that is, bacteria and fungi in water, are I think of sufficient interest to justify a short communication.

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Proceedings 1885-86
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 13 , 1886 , pp. 485 - 493
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1886

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note * page 486 Mr Stafford L. Archer, whom I have to thank for the trouble he took in perfecting the mechanism.

note * page 488 In grains per gallon.

note * page 489 I have to my great regret entirely lost my notes of the numbers, but as stated, the general facts agreed with the experiments on the shallower waters nearer the coast.

note * page 490 My numbers for the London waters have been hitherto in excess of the one or two other observers working at this subject. I always cultivate the water twenty-four hours after collection, during which period of rest there maybe some considerable increase, especially in summer.

† That is, when cultivated within twenty-four hours after collection.