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IN Carpenter's work on the microscope, the eighth edition, so ably edited by the late Dr. Dallinger, occurs the following passage (p. 945): “This last (A. glutinis) frequently makes its appearance spontaneously in the midst of paste that is turning sour; but the best means of securing a supply for any occasion consists in allowing a portion of any mass of paste in which they may present themselves to dry up and then laying this by so long as it may not be wanted, to introduce it into a mass of fresh paste, which, if kept warm and moist, will be found after a few days to swarm with these curious little creatures”.
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PHIN, J. Anguillula Glutinis—Paste Eels. Nature 86, 312 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086312a0
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