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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS IN VITAMIN RESEARCH

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THE subject of microbiological nutrition, in its qualitative and quantitative aspects alike, is over gaining increased prominence. Whereas, until some ten years ago the whole abstruse subject served merely as a minor source of contention among bacteriologists, it has now risen to an eminence sufficient to command the attention of research and other workers in several diverse fields of thought. Thus it would seem riot inappropriate to outline the historical events through which these changes have been wrought.

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