A MICROBE COLONY
The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, in Chelsea, London, contains the largest collection of microbes in the world. They number some 1500 different varieties growing in little glass Lubes about five inches long. Although they look harmless, sonic would, if let loose and distributed, probably start an epidemic which might easily •vie. in deadliness with outbreaks recorded in the. Middle Ages. All the tiny organisms, the majority of which produce diseases of various kinds in human beings, animals, ami plants, require constant skilled attention, much as do flowers and vegetables in an ordinary garden. Some are so delicate that they can be bred successfully only in incubators, corresponding to the hothouses of the horticulturist.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 26 March 1930, Page 2
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117A MICROBE COLONY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 26 March 1930, Page 2
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