wy THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BALTIMORE 18, MARYLAND MERGENTHALER LABORATORY October 16, 1957 FOR BIOLOGY Professor J. Lederberg Department of Genetics University of Wisconsin Madison 6, Wisconsin Dear Dr. Lederberg, Thank you very much for forwarding to me three stocks of g. coli K12 which I recently requested. The ferment:.tive properties of the strains are now being checked. They will be used both to demonstrate one aspect of the general process of fermentation, as well as the idea of active transport in cells....before the general biology classes here. Sincerely yours, hilip &. Hartman of el j ‘ NS AA Of.