SPECIES OF MICROMONOSPORA 129 



dense, greenish blue. Pigment insoluble. Colonies pigmented only on free 

 admission of oxygen. Surface of colonies hard and glossy. 



Aerial growth: Thin, white veil on surface resembling aerial mycelium, 

 but without aerial spores. 



Aerial mycelium: None. Spherical conidia produced on branching short 

 conidiophores. Conidia blue. 



Liquid media: Growth at bottom, in the form of firm, round, white 

 to pink granules. 



Gelatin: Rapid liquefaction. 



Milk: Possible coagulation, but digestion very slight. 



Starch: Hydrolysis positive. 



Cellulose: No decomposition. 



Nitrate: No reduction. 



Sucrose: No inversion. 



Source: Occurs seldom in soil. 



