Actions Taken by the Second International Microbiological Congress in London, 1936, Regarding Bacteriological Nomenclature.

The Congress held during the past summer presented the first opportunity for the members of this Committee to meet for conference. The following members of the Committee were present: Prof. S. Orla Jensen (Denmark), Prof. A. Pettersson (Sweden), Prof. F. Mesnil and Dr. A. R. Prevot (France), Prof. M. Grimes (Irish Free State), Prof. A. J. Kluyver (Holland), Dr. J. C. N. Penido (Brazil), Mr. J. Ramsbottom, Dr. Wm. Scott, Dr. A. C. Thaysen, Mr. P. Bruce White and Dr. R. St. John-Brooks (Great Britain), Prof. R. E. Buchanan, Prof. J. Howard Brown, Prof. E. A. Pribram and Prof. R. S. Breed (U. S. A.) Chairman. Arrangements for two business sessions of the Committee were made at a tea held on Saturday, July 25, at the British Museum of Natural History. At these, there was an interesting discussion of criteria to be used in the classification of microorganisms led by Mr. P. Bruce White. The Committee then considered the report on proposals of Prof. R. E. Buchanan and Prof. H. J. Conn on the status of the genus Bacillus and its type species Bacillus subtilis previously published in the Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 92, 1935, 481. The conclusions presented in this report were approved with minor changes for presentation to the plenary session of the Congress. Dr. St. John-Brooks then presented the report of the Salmonella Sub-Committee which had been published in the Journal of Hygiene, 34, 1934, 333. This embodies the views of the SubCommittee on the classification of this group, but had not been previously presented to the Committee for action. After discussion, and at the request of the Sub-Committee who desired