BACTERIA AND PARASITES.
AN INTERESTING MISSIOSI.". A very interesting part of tho a**!. of tho expedition is to b e performS by Surgeon E. L. Atkinson, R.JJ, it* is to Avoid-: out the existence of'\nt arctic bacteria, their adaptation toKf and also investigate intestinal Jj blood protozoa, their method of ftfo and method of conveyance. Ij 0 %y investigates the forms of parasitjnl life, internal and external. Tho ft?U is an interesting one. and its espkakT tion will involve examination of «_ Antarctic fauna. It i.s an enttrclv'mw, branch of Polar study. The expedition did a certain amount nf h-cteriolouy, but no report had dc*_ made. The existence of bacteria had been proved, but they had not be*« collected and classified. As far .» protozoa, were concerned, nothing h*d been done iv the Antarctic. The (nt. arctic worms would also be investip_.«i The Discovery brought hack one now Avorm, but otherwise that branch of work nad been untouched. Dr At. kinson remains Avith the main part, at McMurdo Sound. 3
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13876, 29 October 1910, Page 10
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