Book Reviews

Emmel, Victor M., and Cowdry, E. V. Laboratory Techniques in Biology and Medicine. 4th ed., 453 pages, unnumbered tabulations and lists, 9 × 6 inches, hard covers. The Williams & Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, Md. 21202. £15.50. 1964.

Gurr, Edward. The Rational Use of Dyes in Biology. 422 pages, 15 figures, 10 × 6 inches, hard covers. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md. 21202. £17.25. 1965.     

Propiono-Carmine Squash Technic and Chromosome Spreading in Algae

A DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO ABSTRACTS OF BOOKS AND PAPERS FROM OTHER JOURNALS DEALING WITH STAINS AND MICROSCOPIC TECHNIC IN GENERAL

DAVENPORT, HAROLD A. Histological and Histochemical Technics. 401 pages, 5 tables, 27 figures. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pa. $7.00. 1960.

EMIG, WILLIAM H. Microtechnique; Text and Laboratory Exercises. 96 pages, 8 tables. 7 figures. 10 × 7 inches, linolok binding. William H. Emig. 2621 E. Wilamette Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado. $3.00. 1959.

LIEFSON, EINAR. Atlas of Bacterial Flagellation. 171 pages. 14 tables. 69 figures (many of which contain 10-20 separate illustrations). 9 × 6 inches. Academic Press Inc., Ill Fifth Ave., New York 3, N. Y. $7.00. 1960.

PEARSE, A. G. E. Histochemistry, Theoretical and Applied. 998 pages, 10 colored plates, 254 black and white illustrations, 53 tables. 9 1/4 × 6 1/4. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. $20.00. 1960.

STECHER, PAUL G.; FINKEL, M. J., SIEGMUND, O. H., and SZAFRANSKI, B. M. The Merck Index of Chemicals and Drugs, 7th Ed. 1641 pages, 10 × 7 1/2 inches. Publications Department of Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, N. J. $12.00. 1960.

MICROSCOPE AND OTHER APPARATUS TISCHENDORF, FRIEDRICH. Vitalmikroskopie und terminale Strombahn. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der “transparent chamber”-und “quartz rod illumination”-Methode. Zschr. wiss. Mikr., 64, 336-55. 1960.

ANIMAL MICROTECHNIC BARGEN, G. v. and WESSING, A. Lebendbeobachtungen an in vitro kultivierten Fischzellen. Zschr. wiss. Mikr., 64, 356-61. 1960.

HISTOCHEMISTRY ADAMS, C. W. M., and DAVIDSON, A. N. The histochemical identification of myelin phosphoglycerides by their ferric hydroxamates. J. Neurochem., 3, 347-51. 1959.

DE ALMEIDA, D. F., and PEARSE, A. G. E. Comparative histochemistry of lipids in relation to myelination in rabbit brain. J. Neurochem. 3, 132-8. 1959.     

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KISZELY, GYöRGY, and PóSALAXY, ZOLTáN. Mikrotechnische und Histochemische Untersuchungsmethoden. 723 pages; 140 figures, 24 of which are in color; 8×6 inches; in German. Price $14.00. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. 1964.     

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Lillie, R. D. Histopathologic Tcehnic and Practical Histochemistry. 3rd ed., 715 pages, 86 tables, 3 illustrations, 9 × 6 inches, hard covers. The Blakiston Div., McGraw-Hill Book Co., 330 West 42nd St., New York, N. Y. 10036. $13.95. 1965.     

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PREECE, ANN. A Manual for Histologic Technicians; 2nd Ed. 287 pages, 51 illustrations, 10 tables. 9×6 inches. Little, Brown and Company, 34 Beacon St., Boston, Massachusetts. $8.50. 1965.     

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Harms, Herbert. Handbuch der Farbstoffe für die Mikroskopie. 651 pages, II × 8 inches, paper bound. Staufen Veriag Paul Bercker, Kamp-Linfort, Germany. 1965. Price £47.00.     

Book Reviews

Humason, Gretchen L. Animals Tissue Techniques. 3rd edition, 641 pages, 36 figures, 91/2 × 6 inches, hard cover. W. H. Freeman and Company, 660 Market St., San Francisco, California 94104. $12.50. 1972.     

Special Reviews

Fair Isle and its Birds, Kenneth Williamson. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1965. 30/-. xvi + 311 pages, 17 figures and maps, 27 photographs.

Waterfowl Tomorrow, edited by Joseph P. Linduska. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Washington D.C., 1964. 4 dollars. 770 pages, 187 photographs, I (folded) map, many drawings by Bob Hines. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington D.C., 20402.

The Giant Canada Goose, Harold C. Hanson. Southern Illinois University Press (U.K. Agent, W. S. Hall, London), 1965. $ 9.75. 226 pages, 74 photos, text-figures and tables.

The Harvest that Kills, John Coleman-Cooke. Odhams, 1965. 25/-. 207 pages.

Gardening without Poisons, Beatrice Trum Hunter. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1 965. 25/-. 294 pages, line drawings.

The Life of the Robin, David Lack. H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., London, 1965. 30/-. 240 pages, text-figures.

Vertebrate Fauna of the Halifax Parish, compiled by I. Morley. Halifax Scientific Society, 1965. 103 pages, 3 photographic plates.

The Bird Table Book, Tony Soper. David & Charles, Dawlish, and Macdonald, London, 1965. 21/-. 140 pages, 20 photos, numerous line drawings.

Song and Garden Birds of North America; Water, Prey and Game Birds of North America, Alexander Wetmore, with chapters by Dean Amadon, E. T. Gilliard, A. H. Miller, R. C. Murphy, R. T. Peterson, and others. $11.95 each (post paid), from Nat. Geog. Soc., Dept. 280, Washington, D.C., 20036. 400 and 464 pages respectively, numerous illustrations, nearly all in colour, 6 long-playing records in cover-flap of each.

The Birds of Shakespeare, J. E. Harting. Argonaut Inc. Publishers, Chicago, 1965. $7.50. 321 + xxxviii pages.

Serengeti Shall Not Die, B. & M. Grzimek. Collins, London, 1965. 25/-. 256 pages, 44 photos, text-figures.

Wings of Light, Garth Christian. Newnes, London, 1965. 35/-. 178 pages, 31 photos.

Antarctic Biology (Proceedings of the First Symposium on Antarctic Biology held at Paris in 1962), ed. R. Carrick, M. Holdgate and J. Prévost. Editions Hermann (115 Boulevard St-Germain, Paris 6), 1965. 54 N.F. 652 pages, 11 plates, numerous text-figures.

Birds of Town and Village, W. D. Campbell; paintings by Basil Ede.Country Life, London, 1965. 126/-. 156 pages, 36 coloured plates.

The Game Research Association, 5th Annual Report, 1965.

The Wildfowlers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland, Report and Year Book 1964–65.     

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Hayat, M. Arif. Principles and Techniques of Electron Microscopy: Biological Applications, Volume 1. 412 pages, 24 × 16 cm. 1 frontispiece in color, 52 figures, 29 tables, hard covers, cloth bound. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 450 W. 33rd St., New York, NY 10001. $19.50. 1970.

Gaunt, W. A. Microreconstruction. 108 pages, 9 × 5$1/2 inches, hard bound. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., Parker Street, London WC2B. 1971. Price $pD2.25.     

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Cell and Tissue Culture. Fourth edition, 430 pages, 16 plates, 60 figures, 9 × 6 Printed in Great Britain, E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., The Williams & Wilkins Co. Baltimore, MD 21202, USA. inches, hard covers cloth bound. Edinburgh antl London. $12.50. 1970.     

Effects of row and plant spacing and time of planting on seed yield of kenaf

Plants of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.), grown in southern Florida in 1964, yielded significantly more seed when spaced 5 inches apart in 7-inch rows than when spaced farther apart, up to 15 × 28 inches. Plants grown from seed planted on August 10 yielded significantly more seed than those from seed planted later at 10-day intervals, from August 20 to September 29. A progressive decline in yield was associated with wider plant-and-row spacmgs and with later plantings.     

Book Reviews

A DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO ABSTRACTS OF BOOKS AND PAPERS FROM OTHER JOURNALS DEALING WITH STAINS AND MICROSCOPIC TECHNIC IN GENERAL

CONN, H. J., DARROW, MARY A., and EMMEL, VICTOR M. Staining Procedures, 2nd Ed. 289 pages, 9 × 6 inches, perforated; spiral plastic binding, with cardbooard covers. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore 2, Maryland. $5.00. 1960.

GURR, EDWARD. Encyclopaedia of Microscopic Stains. 498 pages, 10 × 6 inches. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore 2, Maryland, exclusive U. S. agents. $18.50. 1960.

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AMELUNXEN, F., and THEMANN, H. Zur Fixation mit Kaliumpermanganat. Mikroscopie, 14, 276-83. 1960.

PHOTOMICROGRAPHY MIGNANI, G., MARCHETTI, P. G., and HUSSL, B. Die Anwendung der mikroradiographischen Technik zum Studium des Knochengewebes. Mikroskopie, 14, 131-43. 1959.

DYES AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL USES KAUFMAN, L., and WEAVER, R. H. Use of neutral red fluorescence for the identification of colonies of Clostridia. J. Bact., 79, 292-4. 1960.

ANIMAL MICROTECHNIC LOUIS, C. J., and WHITE, J. Fluorescein-globulin staining of cells in tissue cultures. Lab. Invest., 9, 273-82. 1960.

McFARLANE, J. E., and KENNARD, C. P. Further observations on water absorption by the eggs of Acheta domesticus (L). Canad. J. Zool., 38, 77-85. 1960.

PROVENZA, D. V., and CHENG, T. C. A simplified parlodion method for sectioning teeth; with notes on the decalcification of teeth. Trans. Am. Micr. Soc., 79, 103-4. 1960.

PLANT MICROTECHNIC DEVIDÉ, Z., and WRISCHER, M., Versuche über gasblasenfreie Plexiglas Einbettung von pflanzlichen Objecten für Ultramikrotomie. Mikroskopie, 14, 337-42. 1960.

MICROORGANISMS BORZANI, W. Measurement of gram-positiveness. J. Bact., 79, 431-3. 1960.

DEIBEL, R. H., and EVANS, J. B. Modified benzidine test for the detection of cytochrome-containing respiratory systems in microorganisms. J. Bact., 79, 356-60. 1960.

SAHAB, K. Method for demonstrating capsules of enterobacteriaceae. J. Bact., 79, 198-202. 1960.

WEIBULL, C. Counting procedures for phase contrast microscopy. J. Bact., 79, 155. 1960.

HISTOCHEMISTRY BAKER, J. R. II, HEW, H., and FISHMAN, W. H. The use of chloral hydrate formaldehyde fixative solution in enzyme histochemistry. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 6, 244-50. 1958.

FISCHER, R., and ZALESCHUK, J. A semi-micro method for the determination of crystal violet sorbed to biological material. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 6, 237-43. 1958.

TAKEUCHI, T. Histochemical demonstration of branching enzyme (amylo-1,4 £ 1,6-transglucosidase), in animal tissues. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 6, 208-16. 1958.

ZUGIBE, F. T., KOPACZYK, K. C., CAPE, W. E., and LAST, J. H. A new Carbowax method for routinely performing lipid, hematoxylin and eosin and elastic staining techniques on adjacent freeze-dried or formalin-fixed sections. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 6, 133-8. 1958.     

Reviews

The Birds of Glamorgan, edited by A. Heathcote, D. Griffin and H. Morrey Salmon. Cardiff Naturalists' Society, 1967 (Annex to vol. 94 of the Transactions of the Society). 30/-. 143 pages, 9 black and white photos, end-paper maps.

Birds of Norfolk, by M. J. Seago. Jarrold & Sons, Ltd., Norwich, 1967. 45 /-. 148 pages, 65 coloured photos, end-paper maps.

The Birds of Huntingdonshire, by C. F. Tebbutt. Published by the author, 1967. 75 pages, map.

A Supplement to the Birds of Cheshire, by T. Hedley Bell. Published by the author (12/16 Booth St., Manchester 2), 1967. 91 pages.

The Birds of the Doncaster District, by R. J. Rhodes. Doncaster and District Orn. Soc. (125 Chequer Avenue, Belle Vue, Doncaster), 1967. 10/-. 101 pages, map.

Pesticides and Pollution, by Kenneth Mellanby. Collins, New Naturalist, London, 1967. 30 /-. 221 pages, 30 photos, 4 in colour.

Man and Environment, by Robert Arvill. Penguin Books, London, 1967. 8/6. 332 pages, 13 black and white photos.

The Wreck of the Torrey Canyon, by Crispin Gill, Frank Booker and Tony Soper. Davis & Charles, Newton Abbott, 1967. 21/-. 128 pages, 31 black and white photos.

Courtship: a zoological study, by Margaret Bastock. Heinemann, London, 1967. 25 /-. 220 pages, 63 text-figures.

The Book of the American Woodcock, by W. G. Sheldon. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Mass., 1967. $8.50. 227 pages,58 figures.

The Whooping Crane: a fight against extinction, by Faith McNulty. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1967. 30/-. 190 pages, 26 illustrations.

Birds of Australia, A. Rutgers. 2 vols. Methuen, London, 1967. 35/- each. Each with 80 coloured plates from the lithographs of John Gould.     

Items from the Literature

Conn, H. J. Biological Stains. 7th ed., 355 pages, 27 figures, 9 × 6 inches, hard covers. The Williams &;: Wilkins Company, Baltimore 2, Maryland. $9.00. 1961.

Electron Microscopy Reimer, L., and GADACZ, H. Zur Schichtdickenkontrolle bei der elektronenmikroskopischen Schrägbeschattungsmethode. Z. wiss. Mikr., 65, 105-17. 1961.

Dyes and Their Biological Uses Macconaill, M. A., and GURR, E. The faviolic acid group of stains in histology. Irish J. Med. Sci., 1962, 1-12. 1962.

Animal Microtechnic Berres, H. H. Zur Darstellung peripherer Nervenfasem in der Haut. Z. wiss. Mikr., 65, 63-9. 1961.

Elias H., Henning A., and ELIAS P. M. Contributions to the geometry of sectioning. V. Some methods for the study of kidney structure. Z. wiss. Mikr., 65, 70-82. 1961.

Ewen, A. B. An improved aldehyde-fuchsin staining technique for neurosecretary products in insects. Tr. Amer. Micr. Soc, 81, 94-6. 1962.

Movat, Henry Z., STEINER, JAN W., and HUHN, DIETER. The fine structure of the glomerulus in acute glomerulonephritis. Lab. Investig., 11, 117-35. 1962.

Shaver, Evelyn L. The chromosomes of the opossum, Didelphis virginiana. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 4, 62-8. 1962.

Microorganisms Laird, Marshall. Trichodinids and other parasitic protozoa from the intertidal zone at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. Canad. J. Zool., 39, 833-44. 1961.

Histochemistry Burstone, M. S. New histochemical techniques for the demonstration of tissue oxidase (cytochrome oxidase). I. Hisiochem. Cytochem., 7, 112-22. 1959.

Glenner, G. G., and LILLIE, R. D. Observations on the diazotization-coupling reaction for the histochemical demonstration of tyrosine: metal chelation and formazan variants. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 7, 416-22. 1959.

Hess, R., and Pearse, A. G. E. Histochemical demonstration of uridine diphosphate glucose dehydrogenase. Experientia, 15, 317-8. 1961.

LOVE, R., and LILES, R. H. Differentiation of nucleoproteins by inactivation of protein-bound amino groups and staining with toluidine blue and ammonium molybdate. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 7, 164-81. 1959.

Zimmerman, H., and Pearse, A. G. E. Limitations in the histochemical demonstration of pyridine nucleotide-linked dehydrogenases (“nothing dehydrogenase”). J. Histochem. Cytochem. 7, 271-5. 1959.     

Book Review: Laboratory Hints from the Literature

Gomori, George. Microscopic Histochemistry. Principles and Practice. 51/2 × 81/, inches. Cloth. 273 pp. University of Chicago Press. $6.00. 1952.

Crippa, A. 1951. Sulla utiliiazione del tetracetata di piombo come ossidante in istochimica. Soc. Ital. di. Biol. Sper., 27, 599-601.

Zweifach, B. W., Black, M. M., and Shorr, E. Evaluation of tetrazolium as a hitochemical index of adrenal cortical activity. Pror. SOC. Exp. Biol. R: Med., 76, 446-54. 1951.     

Solute binding curves for (two polymer + solute)-complex systems. I. "One-solute-stack" systems

The matrix method is used for calculating the grand partition function for the reaction: 2 polymer + solute = complex. The homogeneous polymers are assumed to have two types of sites within each nucleotide unit: sites for the polymer–polymer association, i.e., (p-p) sites; sites for polymer–solute association i.e., (p-s) sites. The respective binding parameters, P and F , and nearest-neighbor interaction parameters, W and S , are assumed independent. Complications due to ring entropy are avoided by rest riding the model to one-solute-stack systems, which are physically realizable when the reciprocal of the solute cooperativity parameter is much larger than the number of nucleotides in the polymer. The 4 × 4 generating matrix is shown to be a tensor product of two 2 × 2 matrices, each the generating matrix of a particular type of site. The scalar product of the 4 × 4 matrix is shown to be equivalent to the scalar product of a 2 × 2 matrix in the weak interaction limit, W ≈ 0. Calculations are presented for the general case which restricts the (p-s) association to occur only with (p-p) associated nucleotide units. The nature of the binding curve in relation to partitioning the total interaction energy (F + P + S + W ) among the parameters is discussed. Also presented is a criterion for neglecting possible states in the calculation of the grand partition function.     

Interaction of metal ions with gastrointestinal hormones: Binding studies of Mg++ to biologically active analogs of little gastrin and minigastrin

The interaction of magnesium ions with Des-Trp¹-Nle¹²-minigastrin I (Nle¹¹-HG-13) and Nle¹¹⁵-little gastrin I (Nle¹⁵-HG-17) has been studied by CD and spectrophotometric techniques in trifluoroethanol. Spectrophotometric titrations using murexide as a metallochromic indicator showed that there are three binding sites for magnesium ions in Nle¹¹-HG-13, with binding constants of the order of (6 ± 2) × 10⁶, (1.7 ± 0.5) × 10⁶, and (5.0 ± 0.5) × 10⁵M^?1. These figures have been independently confirmed by CD measurements in the far-uv in the presence of increasing amounts of magnesium ions. Elongation of the peptide chain from Nle¹¹-HG-13 to Nle¹⁵-HG-17 does not provide any additional binding site for the metal ions. In both hormones, we have observed different responses in the near- and fur-uv CD properties with regard to added magnesium. The intensity of the CD bands in the aromatic region changes cooperatively with the ion/hormone molar ratio. These findings lead us to conclude that at the C-terminal, the biologically important sequence, -Trp-Nle-Asp-Phe-Nh₂, is directly involved in the interaction with magnesium.     

Quantitative and qualitative study of the bacterial flora of farmed freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) larvae

Quantitative and qualitative studies of the bacterial flora of farmed freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) larvae in Saudi Arabia were performed, and isolates identified where possible. Physico‐chemical characteristics, bacterial counts, and the nature of the bacterial flora of larvae rearing tank water, sediment, tank wall surfaces, larval surface, supplied water, and feed were investigated. Bacterial counts ranged from 2.1 ± 1.3 × 10⁵ to 2.2 ± 0.8 × 10⁷ colony forming units (CFU) ml^?1 in tank water; 4.4 ± 0.9 × 10⁷ to 8.3 ± 1.7 ×10⁹ CFU g^?1 in tank sediment; 8.6 ± 1.0 × 10² to 9.8 ±0.7 × 10⁴ CFU cm^?2 on the tank wall surface; 1.3 ± 1.1 × 10⁴ to 7.7 ± 1.6 × 10⁶ CFU per larva surface, 7.9 ± 1.2 × 10⁵ to 5.0 ± 1.5 × 10⁷ CFU g^?1 in washed larval tissue slurries, 9.1 ± 0.7 × 10³ CFU ml^?1 in supplied water, and 2.4 ± 1.9 ×10¹⁰ CFU g^?1 in mixed feed. Fourteen bacterial genera were identified, including Chryseomonas sp., Vibrio spp., Cellulomonas sp., Aeromonas hydrophila, and Pasteurella sp. The tank water and sediment had similar bacteria to those on the prawn larvae. Chryseomonas sp., Cellulomonas sp. and Vibrio sp. were the most dominant species (prevalence >10%) in tank water; Chryseomonas sp., Pseudomonas alcaligenes and Shewanella putrefaciens in the sediment; Ps. alcaligenes and Cellulomonas sp. on the tank wall surface; Chryseomonas sp., and Cellulomonas sp. on the larval surface; and Chryseomonas sp., Vibrio vulnificus, Sh. putrefaciens and V. alginolyticus in the washed larval tissue slurries (prevalence 10%). Pseudomonas alcaligenes, Moraxella sp., Serratia liquefaciens, Gordona sp. and Burkholderia glumae were absent in larvae but identified in the culture water, tank sediment, and tank wall surface. Pseudomonas sp., Chryseomonas sp., Pasteurella sp. and V. alginolyticus were the prevalent bacteria (>12%) in supplied water. The feed contained V. alginolyticus, A. hydrophila and Cellulomonas sp. as the dominant bacteria (>13%). In the culture water and larvae samples, 83% of the feed and supplied water bacteria were identified.