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...charge of Dr. Claude E. ZoBell of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla, Calif. were strong steel cylinders specially designed to take samples of bottom ooze and bring them to the surface without change of pressure. Up to the Galathea in these pressurized elevators came bottom-living bacteria, which Dr. ZoBell plans to culture and study in special, pressurized test tubes...
...preliminary answer. Down from the surface water, he says, drops a nourishing rain of dead and dying creatures that grew in the life-giving sunlight. They are eaten over & over by hungry, blind creatures below. But always something remains: excrement of excrement and tough organic matter that only bacteria would appreciate...
When this worked-over refuse finally settles on the bottom, the humble bacteria accept it gladly, and a new chain of life begins. The bacteria are eaten by larger creatures, and these by still larger ones. The mollusks and worms are preyed on by small, fierce crustaceans, the lions and tigers of the bottom depths...
...From the Greek for "germ eater." Bacteriophages are tiny particles, believed to be viruses, which live happily with some bacteria but destroy others. The theory behind attempts to use them in medicine is like the theory of antibiotics, but most phages are too choosy about the bacteria they will feed upon. Medical researchers have found very limited uses for them. * For other news of Senator Tobey, see PEOPLE...
...During his installation address as the new rector of Edinburgh University, Sir Alexander Fleming recalled a memorable moment: It was on a morning in September 1928 that he noticed some mold on a bacteria culture plate. The mold seemed to be destroying the bacteria. "That was very unusual. Instead of casting out the contaminated culture with appropriate language, I made some investigations. The more I investigated, the more interesting it became. I found that the mold made a powerful and nonpoisonous antiseptic. I christened it penicillin...