88 BACTERIA AS ANTAGONISTS 



TABLE 10. SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA ANTAGONISTIC TO OTHER BACTERIA 



acted upon, staphylococci were less affected, and B. suifestijer least. 

 The filtrate of the organism grown in peptone broth had strong anti- 

 biotic properties J it liquefied gelatin and hemolyzed red blood cor- 

 puscles. When various bacteria cultivated on a solid medium were sus- 

 pended in physiological salt solution and seeded with the antagonist, 

 the latter developed abundantly and the bacterial suspensions became 



