EREMASCACEAE IMPERFECTAE 263 



Source of organism and pathogenicity not mentioned. 



Colony white on ghicose agar. Thin pellicle on broth. Acid formation 

 and fermentation with glucose, maltose, and galactose, acid only with sucrose. 

 Milk coagulated. Neither coagulated serum nor gelatin liquefied. 



Perhaps the organism described by Porgues should be referred to this 

 species. Below is a description based on Forgues' thesis: 



Parendomyces sp. Forgues, These de Bordeaux 87: 1-100, 1913. 



Monilia de Forgues Sartorj^ Champ. Parasit. Homme Anim., 710-711, 1922. 



Isolated from the exudate in the throat and from the sputum of a patient 

 suffering from angina and pleuropneumonia. The soft palate, tonsils, pillars 

 of fauces, and posterior surface of the pharynx Avere all covered with the whitish 

 coating. Pulmonary symptoms appeared later. Fatal to white mice both by 

 hypodermic and intraperitoneal injection. Organism recoverable. Patho- 

 genic, though not always fatal, to guinea pigs and rabbits. 



Yeast cells spherical, except where flattened by pressure, in groups of 

 10-20. Dimensions vary with medium, the diameter being 2-4/x in serum gelatin 

 and 6-8;u in Kaulin's liquid. On 15- to 20-day-old cultures on carrot, di- 

 ameter sometimes as large as 15-20^. Protoplasm surrounded by a cell wall 

 and showed metachromatic granules and vacuoles. liypliae appear on older, 

 solid cultures, measuring l-2fji. in diameter and 80-lOOya in length. At intervals 

 of 30-40/i, there is a gap of 2-3/a in length, which is not colored by the dyes 

 which stain the remainder of the protoplasm. Hyphae rarely branch but 

 yeast cells may be attached anywhere. Pseudomj^celium present, 5-20 x 5/*. 

 Reproduction by sprouting. 



On agar, growth very poor, very tiny colonies. On malt agar, colony 

 abundant, not folded, with regular pointed projections from border. On 

 Sabouraud medium, uniform colonies, irregularly folded, often mammillate 

 or cracked, rarely reaching the Myalls of the tube. On potato and glycerol, 

 colony abundant in 48 hours, grayish white rapidly developing, thick, uniform 

 with occasional elevations, covering whole carrot surface in a few days. 

 Grayish white sediment at the bottom of the tube, with some membranous 

 clots above. On carrot and glycerol and on carrot and 5% glucose in 12 hours 

 grayish white, creamy colonies which are confluent in 48 hours, covering whole 

 surface of carrot with thick coating. In 20 days, culture has dried and cracked 

 transversely and in circles, powdery whitish sediment at bottom of the tube. 

 On gelatin, s^all punctiform colonies in 15-20 days. On stab, growth similar 

 both at surface and in depths. Colonies similar but confluent, on serum 

 gelatin Avith simple syrup. Growth similar on serum gelatin with gly- 

 cerol, acid, or alkali. In plain broth, slight sediment in 48 hours, liquid 

 clouds with formation of clots Avhich sink to bottom, no pellicle, liquid 

 clears in 20 daj^s. GroAvth similar in broth Avith tartaric acid, 5% glycerol, 

 or 5% glucose. In 20% glucose broth, a slight pellicle appears to form, but 

 this is composed of clots Avhich finally sink to the bottom. GroAvth similar in 

 Raulin's medium. GroAvth absent or negligible in the presence of peptone. 



