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IN a previous communication1, an account was given of the activity of the thermophilic flora which develops in composts made from grass cuttings (lawn mowings). This thermophilic flora can be seen as a white coating on the cuttings, particularly in the upper layers during the high-temperature phase. From it true and facultative thermophilic bacteria were isolated. Recently, in addition, evidence of the presence of a thermophilic actinomycete has been obtained (cf. Waksman et al.2).
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Webley, Nature, 159, 35 (1947).
Waksman, Umbreit and Cordon, Soil Sci., 47 (1), 37 (1939).
Hutchinson and Bichards, J. Min. Agric., 28, 398 (1921).
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WEBLEY, D. Aerobic Mesophilic Bacteria in Composts. Nature 161, 174–175 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161174b0
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