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 Choline-glycerin-phosphoric ester 



+H2O 



i 



Choline- 

 phosphatase 



CH2CH0CH0 + HO-CH2CH2NCCH3)3 

 OH OH O OH 



P— OH Choline 



O OH 



Glycerophosphoric acid 



-I-H2O Glycerophosphatase 



CH2CH2CH2 + HO-P-OH 



III ^\ 



OH OH OH O OH 



Phosphoric acid 



2. Types of Toxins of Clostridium Oedematiens 



Oakley, et at. (1947) found that, with the exception of CI. histoly- 

 ticum, the culture filtrates of CI. oedematiens (C/. novyi), types A and 

 B, CI. haemolyticum, CI. Sforogenes, CI. sphenoides and CI. sordellii 

 were lecithinase positive. 



Table XVI 



Designation Presence in CI. oedematiens 



Activities of Toxins of Toxins Type A Type B Type C 



Lethal, necrotizing a -|- -f- — 



Hemolytic, necrotizing lecithinase . (3 — -\- — 



Hemolytic lecithinase y -]- — ?-(- 



Oxygen-labile haemolysin -J- — — 



Opalescence in lecitho-vitellin; 



} pearly layer e -f- — — 



Hemolysin f ? — -|- — 



