Physico-Chemical Nature of Bacteriolysis

Abstract

WITHIN recent years, much attention has been paid to the antibacterial action of naturally occurring and synthetic products. The principal problem to be solved is that of the nature of the primary effect on the bacterial cell of the bacteriolytic or bacteriostatic agent. By such studies the intimate nature of the bacterial cytolysis may be illuminated and a practical means of early diagnosis of the lytic process may be forthcoming.