THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
FACULTY OF MEDICINE

DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
THE HAMILTON KING MEEK MEMORIAL LABORATORY

375 SOUTH STREET,
LONDON, CANADA

 

July 20, 1953

Dr. Joshua Lederberg,
Department of Genetics,
College of Agriculture,

The University of Wisconsin,
MADISON 6, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Dear Joshua:

No, I have never seen E. coli paired in the
manner of your interesting photograph. Two things
come to the mind: Stanp's Phytomonas stars and the
"H" shaped forms which Neumann described (1941,
Centralbl. Bakt. II, 103, 385). But he may have
been looking at "large bodies". I should try to
watch thepbehaviour Qwwyaduring life at the shallow
edge of a hanging drop.

Thanks for letting me see this and let me know
what you find out about it. >

Sincerely,

C-RoSSnenr

CRimi G. Robinow