ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 361 



Schizophy ta. 

 Schizomycetes. 



Bacterial Flora in the Ice of Monte Rosa.* — <r. Galleotti and 

 E. Levi record numerous observations as to the prevalence of bacteria 

 at different heights on mountains. Their results amount to finding 

 bacteria and hyphomycetes at all levels, but the varieties and the 

 numbers increased from above downwards ; also the number of germs 

 was always greater in the neighbourhood of dwellings inhabited in the 

 summer. They infer that the species may vary from time to time, as 

 the varieties detected by them differ materially from those described by 

 Scofone. 



Morphology of the Microbe of Peripneumonia of Cattle, t — J- 

 Bordet, after reference to the cultivation of the microbe of the pneu- 

 monia of cattle, points out that it is small enough to pass through a 

 Cbamberland F or a Berkefeld filter. He then describes the morpho- 

 logical aspects, which have resemblances to vibrios and spirochetes. 

 Borrel. Dujardin-Beaumetz, Jeantet, and Jouan, describe the appearances 

 of the microbe under very high powers ( X 5000). The organism is 

 extremely polymorphic, and its principal characters are that it posse-- - 

 a mucous sheath and presents pseudo-mycelial filaments and numerous 

 prolongations. They suggest the name of Asterococcus mycm ■ 



Bacillus bulgaricus vel B. lactis acidi Leichmann.l — S. Makrinoff, 

 after an exhaustive examination, comes to the conclusion that B. bulgari- 

 cus. B. lactis acidi Leichmann, Streptobacillus lebenis Rist and Khoury, 

 Bad. mazum, Kornchen bacillus, are one and the same organism, and 

 susfcrests that in future it should be known as Leichmann's bacillus, as 

 he was the first to recognise it, or that it might be termed B. lactis 

 acidi. He would further add viscosus or non-viscosus, according to the 

 race it belonged to. The author also alludes to the lactic acid strepto- 

 cocci found in these sour milks, e.g. Streptococcus hoUandicus. Weig- 

 mann points out there are at least two sorts, one able to grow at room- 

 temperature on ordinary meat-pepton media, while S. hoUandicus cannot. 



Bacillus moniliformis. § — G. Repaci describes a bacillus, isolated 

 from a case of pulmonary gangrene, which has certain resemblances to 

 B. ramosus Veillon. Morphologically and tinctorially it is somewhat 

 like the bacillus of Loefner. It is slightly, but definitely motile, and is an 

 essential anaerobe. The colonies are white and opaque with sharp mar- 

 gins. It forms gas, and exhales an aromatic odour. It does not coagulate 

 milk, form indol. or attack white of egg. It reduces glucose energetic- 

 ally. It does not seem to possess striking pathogenic properties. 



Micrococcus meiitensis and Malta Fever, | — A. Conor finds that 

 sheep are susceptible of Malta fever, and may transmit it like goats do 



* Atti R. Accad. Lincei, xix. (1910) pp. 353-60. 

 t Ann. Inst. Pasteur, xxiv. (1910) pp. 161-79. 

 ; Centralbl. Bakt., 2te Abt..xxvi. (1910) pp. 374-- 

 § O.R. Soc. Bid. Paris, lxviii. (1910) pp. 410-12. 

 Tom. cit. pp. 678-80. 



