Book Reviews

Mutation Research DNAging Genetic Instability and Aging

Cardiovascular Toxicology Second edition, edited by Daniel Acosta, Jr. Raven Press, New York, USA. $124, 1992

Dietary Fats: Determinants of Preference, Selection and Consumption Edited by D.J. Mela Elsevier Applied Science, 1992, ix + 192 pages Price $75.00 ISBN 1-85166-865-9

Determination of Vitamin E: Tocopherols and Tocotrienols by Claude Bourgeois Elsevier Applied Science, 1992, vi + 162 pages Price $75.00 ISBN 1-85166-7547

Biochemistry of Food Proteins Edited by B.J.F. Hudson Elsevier Applied Science, 1992, x + 419 pages Price $110.00 ISBN 1-85166-768-7

Lipid-soluble Antioxidants: Biochemistry and Clinical Applications Edited by A.S.H. Ong and L. Packer Birkhauser Verlag, 1992, xii + 640 pages Price SFR 168.00 (approx $76) ISBN 3-7643-2667-0 (Basel) ISBN 0-8176-2667-0 (Boston)     

BOOK REVIEWS

Avila, J. L. & Harris, J. R. (ed.). 1992. Subcellular Biochemistry, Volume 18: Intracellular Parasites. Plenum Press, New York.
Fensome, R. A., Taylor, F. J. R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W. A. S., Wharton, D. I. & Williams, G. L. 1993. A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication No. 7. Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Volberding, P. & Jacobson, M. A. (ed.). 1993. AIDS Clinical Review 1993/1994. Marcel Decker, Inc., New York.
Hyde, J. E. (ed.). 1993. Protocols in Molecular Parasitology , Volume 21 in the Methods in Molecular Biology Series. Hurnana Press, Totowa, New Jersey.     

Books

Book reviewed in this article:
B ateson , P.P.G (ed.). 1991. The Development and Integration of Behaviour. Essays in honour of Robert Hinde.
B rucker , J.W., G osler , A.G. & H eryet , A.R. (eds). 1992. Birds of Oxfordshire.
D ubs , B. 1992. Birds of Southwestern Brazil. Catalogue and guide to the birds of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso and its border areas.
J onsson , L. & T ysse , T. 1992. Lommar.
L undberg , A. & R.V. A latalo . 1992. The Pied Flycatcher.
M arzluff , J.M. & B alda , R.P. 1992. The Pinyon Jay: behavioral ecology of a colonial and cooperative corvid.
N ason , A. 1992. Discovering Birds: an introduction to the birds of Nigeria.
P armelee , D.F. 1992. Antarctic Birds: ecological and behavioral approaches.
P ower , D.M. (ed.) 1991. Current Ornithology.
S imms , E. 1992. British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails.     

Overexpressed pp60c-src can induce focus formation without complete transformation of NIH 3T3 cells.

NIH 3T3 cells were transfected with plasmids containing Moloney murine leukemia virus long terminal repeats and either chicken c-src or v-src genes. In contrast with the effects observed after transfection with plasmids containing c-src and avian retrovirus or simian virus 40 promoter-enhancers (H. Hanafusa, H. Iba, T. Takeya, and F. R. Cross, p. 1-8, in G. F. Vande Woude, A. J. Levine, W. C. Topp, and J. D. Watson, ed., Cancer Cells, vol. 2, 1984; H. Iba, T. Takeya, F. R. Cross, T. Hanafusa, and H. Hanafusa, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81:4424-4428, 1984; R. C. Parker, R. Swanstrom, H. E. Varmus, and J. M. Bishop, p. 19-26, in G. F. Vande Woude et al., ed., Cancer Cells, vol. 2, 1984; R. C. Parker, H. E. Varmus, and J. M. Bishop, Cell 37:131-139, 1984; D. Shalloway, P. M. Coussens, and P. Yaciuk, p. 9-17, in G. F. Vande Woude et al., ed., Cancer Cells, vol. 2, 1984; D. Shalloway, P. M. Coussens, and P. Yaciuk, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81:7071-7075; and K. C. Wilhelmsen, W. G. Tarpley, and H. M. Temin, p. 303-308, in G. F. Vande Woude et al., ed., Cancer Cells, vol. 2, 1984), we found that both types of Moloney murine leukemia virus long terminal repeat-src expression plasmids induced focus formation, although c-src induced only 1% as many foci as v-src. The focus-selected c-src overexpressed cells had altered morphology and limited growth in soft agarose but were not tumorigenic in vivo. Cleveland digests, comparative in vitro kinase assays, secondary transfections, and immunoprecipitations indicated that focus formation was caused by rare transfection events that resulted in very high-level pp60c-src expression rather than by mutations of the transfected c-src genes. These results suggest that pp60v-src induced transformation is not a completely spurious activity which is unrelated to the function of pp60c-src but that it represents a perturbation of already existent molecular control processes involving pp60c-src.     

A Review of: “Plasma Fibronectin (Structure and Function) J. McDonagh,Ed. Marcel Dekker,New York, 1985; hardbound, 269 pages, $59.75”

Abstract

Subcellular Components; Preparation and Fractionation G.D. Birnie, ed., 2nd edition, Butteworths, London and University Park Press, Baltimore, 1972; 320 pages, hardbound, $19.50

Methodological Developments in Biochemistry Volume 2 Preparative Techniques E. Reid, ed., Longman, London, 1973; 220 pages; soft cover; $9.50

Methodological Developments in Biochemistry Volume 3 Advances with Zonal Rotors E. Reid, ed., Longman, London, 1973; 273 pages; soft cover; $9.50     

Books

A ndrew R.J. (ed.) 1991. Neural and Behavioral Plasticity: the use of the domestic chick as a model
B eissinger , S.R. & S nyder , N.F.R. (eds) 1992. New World Parrots in Crisis: Solutions from Conservation Biology
B erthold , P. (ed.) 1991. Orientation in Birds
B urger , J. & G ochfeld . M. 1991. The Common Tern: its breeding biology and social behaviour. Pp. xvii + 413,121 figs incl. numerous black-and-white photographs, 59 text tables, 4 appendix tables. New York: Columbia University Press
D avis . L.S. & D arby , J.T. (eds) 1990. Penguin Biology
D ickinson , E.C., K ennedy , R.S. & P arkes , K.C. 1991. The Birds of the Philippines: an annotated check-list
D wenger .R. 1991. DasRebhuhn Perrfixperdix. 2nd edition
F inlayson , C. 1992. Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar
G osler , A. (ed.) 1991. The Hamlyn Photographic Guide to Birds of the World
G retton , A. 1991. The Ecology and Conservation of the Slender-billed Curlew
S mith , S.M. I 991. The Black-capped Chickadee: behavioural ecology and natural history. Pp. xi, 362. many figures and tables. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. $51.15 (hbk). ISBN 0–8014-2 382-1. $29.75 (pbk) ISBN 0–8014-9793-0.
S tap . D. 1991. A Parrot Without a Name: The search for the last unknown birds on earth.
T rodd , P., & K ramer D. 1991. The Birds of Bedfordshire
V aughan . R. 1992. In Search of Arctic Birds. Pp. xIII, 431, many monochrome photographs and drawings. London     

Pilus-dependent, double-stranded DNA bacteriophage for Caulobacter.

Caulobacter phage phi 6, previously reported to adsorb specifically to bacterial flagella, was shown here to attach to pili more frequently than to flagella. Phage phi 6 was shown to contain double-stranded DNA by circular dichroism spectroscopy and thermal denaturation accompanied by a hyperchromic shift at 260 nm. Morphologically, phage phi 6 fits group B2 (H.-W. Ackermann, in A. I. Laskin and H. A. Lechevalier, ed., Handbook of Microbiology, vol. 1, p. 638-643, 1973) with a long, noncontractile tail and an elongate head. Pilus-less mutants of the host Caulobacter vibrioides CV6 are phage phi 6 resistant, whereas flagellum-less mutants, which produce pili, are phage susceptible. Treatments of susceptible cells which remove or immobilize pili and flagella, e.g., blending or cyanide, inhibited phage phi 6 infection. Our evidence suggests that phage of phi 6 initiates infection in a manner similar to the pilus-specific phages for Pseudomonas described previously (D. E. Bradley, Virology 51:489-492, 1973; D. E. Bradley and T. L. Pitt, J. Gen. Virol. 24:1-15, 1974).     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
British Mycological Society , 1896ndash;1946: Proceedings of the Jubilee Meeting held in London , 20ndash;25 October , 1946.
Vernalization and Photoperiodism. A Symposium. By A. E. M urneek , R. O. W hyte et al.
Flora Malesiana. Series 1, vol. 4, Spermatophyta , part 1. 9¾× 6½ in. Pp. i-xl (Introduction, General Considerations), 1–39 (Taxonomic Revisions), 1–24 (Sample treatment of vol. 1, special part), 1–10 (Sample treatment of vol. 2), 1–6 (Sample treatment of vol. 3); 1 plate and 71 text-figures. Batavia: Noordhoff-Kolff N.V. 1948. 1 guilder Netherlands pro 16 printed pages (averaging 240 pages per annum).     

Books

Books reviewed in this article:
B aker . K. 1993. Identification Guide to European Non-passerines.
B arnard . C., G ilbert , F. & M c G regor
B askett , T.S., S ayre . M.W., T omlinson , R.E. & M irarchi .
B ezzel . E. 1993. Kompendium der Vögel Mitteleuropas.
B right , M. 1993. The Private Life of Birds.
C ook , M. 1992. The Birds of Moray and Nairn.
D avison . G.W.H. 1992. Birds of Mount Kinabalu. Borneo.
E rritzoe . J. 1993. The Buds of CITES and How to Identify Them.
F arner , D.S., K ing , J.R. & P arkes , K.C.
G ibbons , D.W., R eid , J.B. & C hapman . R.A. (eds). 1993. The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland.
H illman , J.C.
H uxley . E.
J ackson . C.E. 1993. Great Bird Paintings of the World.
J ohnsgard . P.A. 1993. Cormorants, Darters and Pelicans of the World.
M adge . S. & B urn , H. 1994. Crows and Jays. A Guide to the Crows, Jays and Magpies of the World.
N icolai . B. (ed.).
P ower , D.M. (ed.).
P riklonskiy . S.G. (ed.).
R alph . R. 1993. William MacGillivray.
R obinson , D. & C hapman , A.
S harp . P.J. 1993. Avian Endocrinology.
S mith , K.W., D fe , C.W., F earnside . J.D., F letcher , E.W. & S mith , R.N.
S olomon . D. & W illiams , J.
S ørensen , S., B loch . D. & L angvad . S.
Z immerman , J.L.     

Also Received

Books Reviewed in this article: Barker , R.D. & Vestjens , W.J.M. 1991. The Food of Australian Birds. Beatty , J. 1992. Sula: the seabird hunters of Lewis. Bruun , B., Delin , H. & Svensson , L. 1992. Birds of Britain and Europe. Cowell . S. Adatia , R. & Gibson . B. 1992. Who's Who in the Environment—England. Dimentman , C., Bromley . H.J. & Por , F.D. 1992. Lake Hula: reconstruction of the fauna and hydrobiology of a lost lake. Eagle , R. 1991. Seton Gordon, the Life and Times of a Highland Gentleman. Ford . E. 1992. Falconry: art and practice. Foschi , U.F. & Gellini , S. 1992. Avifauna e Ambiente in Provincia di Fork le comunita di uccelli come indicatori ecologici. Guest , J.P. Elphick , D., Hunter . J.S.A. & Norman . D. 1992. The Breeding Bird Atlas of Cheshire and Wirral. Hayes , L.B. & Hayes , M.L. 1987. Raising Game Birds. Hayes , L. B. 1992. The Chinese Painted Quail, ‘the Button Quail’: their breeding and care Hollands , D. 1991. Birds of the Night, Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia. Ironmonger . J. 1992. The Good Zoo Guide. Kiew , R. (ed.) 1991. the State of Nature Conservation in Malaysia. La Bastille , A. 1990. Mama Poc: an ecologist's account of the extinction of a species. Lambert , M. 1992. Birds by Colour. Layton . L. 1991. Songbirds in Singapore: the growth of a pastime. Liversidge , R. 1991. The Birds around Us. Love , J.A. 1989. Eagles. Mellanby , K. 1992. The DDT Story. Pp. 112. Farnham: British Crop Protection Council. Newman , K., Johnston -Stewart , N. & Medland , B. 1992. Birds of Malawi. A supplement to Newman's Birds of Southern Africa. Ogilvie , M. 1992. The Birds of Islay: including when and where to find them. Orr , O.H. 1992. Saving American Birds: T. Gilbert Pearson and the founding movement of the Audubon Society. Ortiz Crespo , F., Greenfield , P.J. & Matheus , J.C. 1990. Aves del Ecuador Continente y Archipielago de Galápagos/Birds of Ecuador Paine , J.R. & World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1991. IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania. Petersen , M.R., Weir , D.N. & Dick , M.H. 1991. Birds of Kilbuck and Ahklun Mountain Region, Alaska. Riddle , G. 1991. Seasons with the Kestrel. Simpson , M.B., Jr. 1992. Birds of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Stallcup , R. 1990. Ocean Birds of the Nearshore Pacific. Strange , I.J. 1992. A Field Guide to the Wildlife of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Trollope , J. 1992. Seed-eating Birds, Their Care and Breeding: finches and allied species—doves, quail and hemipodes. Village , A. 1992. Falcons.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bodson, L., & R. Libois, eds. (1992) : Contributions à l'histoire de la domestication (Zur Geschichte der Domestikation). Porzig, E., & H. H. Sambraus (1991) : Nahrungsverhalten landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere (Feeding behaviour in farm animals). Lynch, J. J., G. N. Hinch & D. B. Adams (1992) : The behaviour of sheep. Biological principles and implications for production (Das Verhalten von Schafen. Grundlagen und Folgerungen für die Nutztierhaltung). Blendinger, W. (1988) : Psychologie und Verhaltensweisen des Pferdes (Psychology and behaviour of horses). Pirkelmann , H., ed. (1991): Pferdehaltung. Verhalten, Arbeitswirtschaft, Ställe, Fütterung und Krankheiten (Horses. Behaviour, care, diseases). Fraser , A. F. (1992): The behaviour of the horse (Das Verhalten des Pferdes). Bradshaw , J. W. S. (1992): The behaviour of the domestic cat (Das Verhalten der Hauskatze). Miller , B. J., & S. H. Anderson (1993): Ethology of the endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) (Verhalten des bedrohten Schwarzfußfrettchens). Kirkwood , J. K., & K. Stathatos (1992): Biology, rearing and care of young primates (Biologie, Aufzucht und Pflege junger Primaten). Hinde , R. A., & J. Groebel , eds. (1991): Cooperation and prosocial behavior (Kooperation und prosoziales Verhalten). Gove, D. (1991): A water snake's year (Ein Jahr im Leben einer Wassernatter).     

Some Notes on the Causes of Bird Road Casualties

Guide des Oiseaux d'Europe, by R. Peterson, G. Mountfort and P. Hollom, translated by P. Géroudet. Delachaux &; Niestlé, 1967.

A Field Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Europe, by F. H. Van den Brink. Collins, 1967. 30/-. 221 pages, 32 plates, numerous text-figs. and maps.

Hours and the Birds, by R. D. Symons. Toronto University Press. London: Oxford University Press, 1968. £5 19s. 224 pages, 17 coloured plates, text-figs.

Galapagos: Islands of Birds, by Bryan Nelson. Longmans, 1968.50/-. 338 pages, 57 photos, 56 text-figs.

A la Découverte de la Nature, by O. Paccaud. Delachaux &; Niestlé, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1967. 442 pages, numerous illustrations.

On Predation and Life, by Paul L. Errington. Iowa State University Press, 1967. 277 pages, numerous black and white illustrations.

The Courtship Habits of the Great Crested Grebe, by Julian Huxley. Jonathan Cape, London, 1968. 7/6 (paperback), 18/- (hardback). 98 pages, text-figures.

Birds of South Vietnam, by Philip Wildash. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1968 (Agents in U.K.: Prentice-Hall International, London). 70/-. 234 pages, 25 colour plates, 21 black and white drawings.

The Psychology of Birds: An interpretation of Bird Behaviour, by Harold E. Burtt. Collier-MacMillan Ltd., London, 1968. 55/-. 242 pages, 11 line drawings.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Tembrock, G. 1992: Verhaltensbiologie. 2, bearbeitete Aufl. Alleva , E., Fasolo , A., Lipp , H.-P., Nadel , L. & Ricceri , L. (eds.) 1995: Behavioural brain research in naturalistic and semi-naturalistic settings. Turillazzi , St. & West-Eberhard , M. J. (eds.) 1996: Natural history and evolution of paper-wasps. Kummer , H. 1995: In quest of the sacred baboon: a scientist's journey (Weiße Affen am Roten Meer, Piper Verlag, München 1992, translated by M. Ann Biederman-Thorson).     

Immune responses to isolated human cytomegalovirus envelope proteins.

A group of envelope proteins of human cytomegalovirus, gA protein (L. Pereira, M. Hoffman, M. Tatsuno, and D. Dondero, Virology 139:73-86, 1984; L. Pereira, p. 383-404, in B. Roizman, ed., The herpesviruses, vol. 3, 1985), and two protein mixtures (58,000-molecular-weight [58K]-66K and 130K-66K), separated by serial columns prepared with anti-gA immunoglobulin G from sera of immunized guinea pigs, induced neutralizing antibodies and a cellular immune response in the animals. The gA is a disulfide-linked protein complex consisting of high-molecular-weight (greater than 200K), 130K-150K, and 55K-58K proteins.     

Egg-clustering: Mother Wants her Neighbour's Offspring to be Eaten First

Book reviewed in this article: Bischof , N. (1991): Gescheiter als alle die Laffen. Ein Psychogramm von Konrad Lorenz (A psychological analysis of K. L.) Besprochen von Wolfgang Wickler Wuketits , F. M. (1990): Konrad Lorenz, Leben und Werk eines großen Naturforschers (Life and work of a great scientist). Piper Verlag Besprochen von Paul Leyhausen Karlson , P. (1990): Adolf Butenandt. Biochemiker — Hormonforscher — Wissenschaftspolitiker Besprochen von Dietrich Schneider Henke , W., ed. (1988): Biology and physiology of amphibians. Vol. 38 Progress in Zoology (Biologie und Physiologie der Amphibien. Bd 38, Fortschritte der Zoologie). Gustav Fischer Verl. Reviewed by Wolfgang Böhme Wada , M., S. Ishii , & C. G. Scanes (1990): Endocrinology of birds. Molecular to behavioral (Endokrinologie der Vögel. Vom Molekül zum Verhalten) Besprochen von H. R. Güttinger Kinne , R. K. H., E. Kinne-Saffran , & K. E. Beyenbach, eds. (1990): Comparative Physiology Vol. 8.: Balthazart , J., vol. ed. (1990): Hormones, brain and behaviour in vertebrates. 1. Sexual differentiation, neuroanatomical aspects, neurotransmitters and neuropeptides (Hormone, Gehirn und Verhalten bei Wirbeltieren. Bd. 1: Geschlechtsdifferenzierung, neuroanatomische Aspekte, Neurotransmitter u. Neuropeptide) Vol. 9.: Balthazart , J., vol. ed. (1990): Hormones, brain and behaviour in vertebrates. 2. Behavioural activation in males and females — social interactions and reproductive endocrinology (Bd. 2: Verhaltensaktivierung bei Männchen und Weibchen, soziale Interaktionen u. Reproduktionsendokrinologie) Reviewed by Volker Blüm Klaus , S., H.-H. Bergmann , C. Marti , F. Müller , O. A. Vitovic & J. Wiesner (1990): Die Birkhühner Tetrao tetrix und T. mlokosiewiczi (The grouses). Die Neue Brehm-Biicherei Bd. 397, A. Ziemsen-Verlag, Wittenberg Lutherstadt Besprochen von W. Scherzinger Schönn , S., W. Scherzinger , K.-M. Exo & R. Ille (1991): Der Steinkauz: Athene noctua (The little owl). Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Band 606. A. Ziemsen Verlag, Wittenberg Lutherstadt Besprochen von Theodor Mebs     

Review

Book reviewed in this article:
Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L., & Lekavicius, L. (eds). A. Flora of the Baltic Countries, Compendium of Vascular Plants vol. I.
Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L., &Jankeviciene, R. (eds). Flora of the Baltic Countries, Compedium of Vascular Plants vol. II.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bakker, T. C. M., & K. Kortmulder, eds. (1990): Essays in honour of Piet Sevenster (Festschrift für Piet Sevenster). Bateson, P., ed. (1991): The development and integration of behaviour: Essays in honour of Robert Hinde (Verhaltensentwicklung. Baerends, G., C. Beer, & A. Manning, eds. (1976): Function and evolution in behaviour: Essays in honour of Professor Niko Tinbergen (Verhaltensanpassung. van der Dennen, J., & V. Falger, eds. (1990): Sociobiology and conflict. Evolutionary perspectives on competition, cooperation, violence and warfare (Soziobiologie und Konflikt. Vogel, C. (1989): Vom Töten zum Mord; das wirklich Böse in der Evolutionsgeschichte (From killing to murder; the real evil in evolution). Harcourt, A. H., & F. B. M. de Waal, eds. (1992): Coalitions and alliances in humans and other animals (Bündnisse bei Menschen und anderen Tieren). Barnett, S. A. (1988): Biology and freedom. An essay on the implications of human ethology (Biologie und Freiheit. Mayr, E. (1991): One long argument. Charles Darwin and the genesis of modern evolutionary thought (Eine einzige lange Beweisführung. Harwood, J. (1993): Styles of scientific thought. The German genetics community 1900–1933 (Denkweisen der Wissenschaft. Deichmann, U. (1992): Biologen unter Hitler (Biologists in Germany, 1933–1945). Elgar, M. A., & B. J. Crespi, eds. (1992): Cannibalism. Ecology and evolution among diverse taxa (Kannibalismus. Foelix, R. F. (1992): Biologie der Spinnen (Biology of spiders. Moritz, R. F. A., & E. E. Southwick (1992): Bees as superorganisms. Baras, E. (1992): Étude des stratégies d'occupation du temps et de l'espace chez le barbeau fluviatile, Barbus barbus (L.). Lundberg, A., & R. V. Alatalo (1992): The pied flycatcher (Der Trauerschnäpper). Gaston, A. J. (1992): The ancient murrelet: a natural history in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Naturgeschichte der Silberalken auf den Queen Charlotte-Inseln). Epple, W. (1993): Schleiereulen (Barn owls). Schassburger, R. M. (1993): Vocal communication in the timber wolf, Canis lupus, Linnaeus. Haller, H. (1992): Zur Ökologie des Luchses Lynx lynx im Verlauf seiner Wiederansiedlung in den Walliser Alpen (Ecology of the lynx during its re-introduction in the Valais, Swiss Alps). Clutton-Brock, T. H., & S. D. Albon (1989): Red deer in the highlands (Rothirsche im Hochland). König, A. (1992): Untersuchungen zum Scanning-Verhalten beim Weißbüschelaffen (Callithrix jacchus Erxleben 1777) (Scanning behaviour in marmosets). Ceska, V., H.-U. Hoffmann, & K.-H. Winkelsträter, eds. (1992): Lemuren im Zoo. Kummer, H. (1992): Weiße Affen am Roten Meer. Das soziale Leben der Wüstenpaviane (White monkeys at the Red Sea. Französische Ausgabe (1993): Vies de singes. M?urs et structures sociales des babouins hamadryas. Traduction autorisée par O. Mannoni; Ed. Estes, R. (1991): The behavior guide to African mammals (Feldführer zum Verhalten afrikanischer Säugetiere).     

A fast method for the confirmation of fecal streptococci from M-enterococcus medium.

M-Enterococcus medium, used for the detection and enumeration of fecal streptococci from different types of water, demonstrated a very low specificity. We propose the transfer of membrane filters to bile-esculin medium as a confirmation technique. It has proved to be more reliable, faster to perform, and more effective than the random selection of colonies, which is recommended for confirmation in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater (A.E. Greenberg, L.S. Clesceri, and A.D. Eaton, ed., 1992).     

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Crüger, G. , Pflanzenschutz im Gemü sebau. Handbuch des Erwerbsgärtners. 3., neubearbeit. u. erweit.
Treshow, M., and F. K. Anderson , Plant Stress from Air Pollution.
Kutschera, L., und E. Lichtenegger , Wurzelatlas mitteleuropä ischer Grünlandpflanzen, Band 2, Pteridophyta und Dicotyledoneae (Magnoliopsida) Teil 1: Morphologie, Anatomie, Okologie, Verbreitung, Solziologie, Wirtschaft.
Kutschera, L., und M. Sobotik , Teil 2: Anatomie.
Ebing, W. (ed.) , Herbicide Resistance 7ndash; Brassinosteroids, Gibberellins, Plant Growth Regulators.
Fraser, Ronald S. S. (ed.) , Recognition and Response in Plant-Virus Interactions 1990. NATO ASI Series H: Cell Biology No. 41.
Cheng, H. H. (ed.) . Pesticides in the Soil Environment: Processes, Impacts, and Modeling. Soil Science Society of America Book Series No. 2.
Mielke, H. , Untersuchungen zum Befall der Gerste durch Gaeumannomyces graminis (Sacc.) von Arx & Olivier var. tritici Walker unter Berücksichtigung der Arten- und Sortenanfaäigkeit. Mitteilungen aus der Biologischen Bundesanstalt fiir Land- und Forstwirtschaft Berlin-Dahlem, 1992