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Antarctic Gerns, Brought By Byrd, Are Being Studied. Antarctic Germs, Brought by Byrd, Are Being Studied MEADVILLE, Pa., Saturday, May 16.—(U.P.)—Microbes that were brought from the icy reaches of Little America are being studied in laboratories of Allegheny College here. Also preserved in the labor...

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Language:English
Published: 1936
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Summary:Antarctic Gerns, Brought By Byrd, Are Being Studied. Antarctic Germs, Brought by Byrd, Are Being Studied MEADVILLE, Pa., Saturday, May 16.—(U.P.)—Microbes that were brought from the icy reaches of Little America are being studied in laboratories of Allegheny College here. Also preserved in the laboratories at the college are crystals, soil mosses and other minute debris. Of the 150 different cultures already isolated, several are hitherto un-described, according to Dr. Chester A. Darling, honorary bacteriologist of the Byrd expedition.