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N—Miss Royer gives the final touches to the hairdo of Dorothy Connell, education junior, during dress rehearsal.
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Microbe Test
Editor Jerry Knudson
Cover—Dick Sandifer, college sophomore, calls at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house for Winnie Meyer, college sophomore, for a valentine hop. Candy looks good.
Picture Story by Chuck Zuegner
THE TASK of the bacteriologist is to isolate and identify bacteria which are found over the surface of the earth, in water, and in bodies of plants and animals.
One method used by Jerry Schmidt, assistant instructor in the KU bacteriology department, is the streak, or surface inoculated plate, on which bacteria will multiply. From this isolated growth the bacteria are stained and identified under a microscope.
Animals, such as the guinea pig, are used to test the validity of the identification. Bacteria are injected into the animals to test the disease-producing capacity. By this technique the bacteriologist can determine both the severity and the type of disease.