Title:

On Sexing Bacteria

Creator:

Davis, Bernard D., 1916-1994

Date:

1950

Location:

Box: 6. Folder: 200

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Elizabeth M. Davis.

Genre:

Poems

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

BBADDQ

NLM ID:

101584906X2090

Profiles Collection:

The Joshua Lederberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584906X2090

Annotation:

Author: Joshua Lederberg. Date Written: November 24, 2001. KW: Davis; Lysenko; E. coli K-12; conjugation; presumably by Bernard Davis. First of quite a bit of doggerel. Look for C H Andrewes' fantasies; perhaps also Seymour Hutner; Vaguely recalls Tom Lehrer's technopolitical ditties; Marginal comment: K-12 is canonical strain of E. coli used in genetics experiments. "ten to the sixth" -- standard strains (F+) give only 10^-6 recombinants; Lysenko: anti Morgan-Mendelian genetics; "principles dissolved" - re: Transforming Principle of penumococcus: DNA in solution; "foods select .. traits diverse" used nutritional selection; "whick ones popper" -- not Karl, but "papa"; "N-Z" -- EnzCase (enzym digest of casein) is traditional peptone medium; "mate on the plate or hide in its dew" - solid or liquid mating medium; jl 7/22/98 2/27/00

Lederberg Grouping:

CB. Correspondence B.