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THE purpose of this handbook, which is to be comprised in a series of monographs by specialists in the various branches of the subject, is to give, in brief compass, a critical presentation of the present state of our knowledge of plant anatomy and cytology. In the volume before us, Prof. Rudolph Lieske, of the University of Heidelberg, has brought together, in a commendably brief and useful form, a critical digest of what is at present known of the morphology of the bacteria and ray-fungi (Actinomycetes). The first part of the book contains an account of the bacteria. In reference to the nuclei and nuclear structures which have been so frequently described, it is concluded that, although there can be no doubt about the existence of minute granules with nuclear characteristics, the presence of true nuclei in the bacteria has by no means been proved. The author has some interesting observations upon the recently described symplastic stage in bacterial development, and on the so-called sexual reproduction of bacteria. Among other topics dealt with are pleomorphism and variability, filtrable viruses, and mycobacteria.
Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie.
Herausgegeben von Prof. K. Linsbauer. II. Abteilung, 1 Teil: Thallophyten. Band 6: Bakterien und Strahlenpilze, Von Prof. Dr. Rudolf Lieske. Pp. iv + 88. (Berlin: Gebnider Borntraeger, 1922.) 4s. 6d.
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Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie. Nature 111, 355 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111355a0
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