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It is rejected by Erwin F. Smith (1905, p. 162). 



Oenobacillus. A generic name used by Forti (1896) for an organism 

 described by him as Oenobacillus Ahhae. It was a polymorphic bacillus 

 isolated from red wine. The original description is not available. The 

 name has been used by Kossowicz (1911, p. 113). 



In young cultures it appears as a diplococcus, later as rods, rounded 

 at the ends and in pairs. Gelatin is not Hquefied. Produces unde- 

 sirable changes in wine. Non-motile. Grows better in oxygen. 



Omelianskillus. A name proposed by Heller (1922, p. 5) as the 

 second genus of the Clostridioideae, with the description: 



Clostridioideae that do not grow well in media containing much protein, and 

 may derive all their nitrogen from mineral salts. Split cellulose or hemicellulose. 

 Do not contain starch. Long slender bacilli with spherical spores. Colonies 

 may be produced on potato slants; they are minute, yellowish and transparent. 

 Agents of plant putrefaction, found everywhere. 



Type species 0. hydrogenicus (the ferment of cellulose which produces hydro- 

 gen, of Omeliansky) as described by Omeliansky (1895 and 1904 b). In his later 

 work he admits that the cultures studied by him were not pure. Another type, 

 0. methanicus, similar to the above, is said to be the agent of methane formation 

 in cellulose fermentation. This species may be assigned to the same genus. 



Oospora. A genus created by Wallroth (1831, p. 182) for a group 

 of eleven species of fungi with the following description: ''Sporidia 

 subglobosas oviformia intricata pellucida, primum concatenata, hy- 

 pham articulatam simplicem teneram decumbentem mentientia, 

 articulisque inter se facile secedentibus fragiha." 



The genus has in general been recognized by mycologists. It is of 

 interest in bacteriology because in 1892 Sauvageau and Radias (1892, 

 p. 246) concluded that the Streptothrix of Cohn and the Actinomyces 

 of Harz belonged in this genus. 



In this conception they were followed by Lehmann and Neumann 

 (1896, p. 375) and by Chester (1897, p. 37). Berestnew (1899, p. 390) 

 concluded that the genera were distinct, and in this was followed by 

 Lehmann and Neumann in later editions, and by Chester (1901). 

 It is rejected by Musgrave and Clegg (1908, p. 458). 



It is probable that the trichomycetes shou d not be given the name 

 Oospora. It is a valid mold genus, but an invalid bacterial genus. 



Ophidobacteries. A name used by Maggi (1886, p. 176) for his 

 fifth order of bacteria. He says: "Bacteries a corps fihforme, ondule 

 ou flexueux. a mouvements serpentiformes." The genera included 

 are Vibrio and Tyrothrix. 



