Excerpt from Contributions From the Cryptogamic Laboratory of Harvard University: XVI. On a Kephir-Like Yeast Found in the United StatesA species of yeast which causes alcoholic fermentation of milk is well known in Europe, the attention of the leading scientists having been called to it by Edouard Kern, in an article published during November, 1881 and entitled, Ueber ein neues Milch-ferment aus dem Kaukasus. In order to give an intelligible description of a similar ferment which exists in the United States, a summary of Kern's paper becomes a necessity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.