746 MEDICAL MYCOLOGY 



Actinomyces deBerardinis Namslowsky, Centralbl. Bakt. I, 62: 566, 1912. 



Streptothrix sp. Berardinis, Ann. Ottalniol. Lavori Clin. Oculist. Napoli 

 33: 914-924, 1 pi., 1904. 



Isolated from a case of conjunctivitis. Following accidental inoculation of 

 the eye, corneal ulcers were produced. Organism pathogenic to rabbits. 



Long spore chains formed. 



On agar, there is a delicate yellow growth. On potato, colony is elevated in 

 the center with margin undulate and reddish. Small, yellowish white colonies 

 on gelatin. Broth becomes uniformly turbid and of a delicate yellow color, 

 eventually tvirning brownish. Only moderate growth in glycerol broth, better 

 with glucose or lactose added. Growth good on rabbit serum, poor on milk. 

 Gelatin not liquefied. 



This organism is close to A. Gruheri or A. asteroides (S. Eppingeri). 



Actinomyces farcinicus (Trevisan) Gasperini, Ann. 1st. Ig. Sperim. Univ. 

 Roma 2: 2, 1892. 



Bacillus du farcin Nocard, Ann. Inst. Pasteur 2: 293-302, Pis. 7, 8, 1888. 



Nocardia farcinica Trevisan, I Genere e Species delle Batteriacee 9, 1889. 



Streptothrix farcinica Rossi-Doria, Ann. 1st. Ig. Sperim. Univ. Roma. N. S. 

 1: 404, 1891. 



Oospora farcinica Sauvageau & Radais, Ann. Inst. Pasteur 6: 248, 1892. 



Actinomyces hovis farcinicus Gasperini, Centralbl. Bakt. 15 : 684, 1894. 



Streptothrix Nocardi/i Foulerton & Jones, Trans. Path. Soc. London 53: 57, 

 97, 98, 1902. 



Discomyces farcinicus Gedoelst, Champ. Paras. Homme Anim. 167-169, 

 1902. 



Nocardia alhida Chalmers & Christopherson, Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 10: 

 271, 1916. 



Found in farcy of oxen. Pathogenic for guinea pig, ox, and sheep, not 

 very pathogenic for rabbit, goat, dog, cat, horse, or ass. 



Hyphae long, branched, 0.25/a in diameter. Arthrospores cylindrical, 2/* 

 long. Organism a strict aerobe. Gram-positive, acid-fast. 



On maltose peptone agar, colonies opaque, dull, granular, circular, flat, 

 becoming confluent and mammillate, yellowish white with a white efflorescence 

 of arthrospores. Colonies on potato dry, grayish buff to yellow, granular, 

 confluent into a folded or verrucose pellicle with white efflorescence, margins 

 elevated. On serum, growth is slower and humid, otherwise as on agar. On 

 gelatin, growth slow, slightly elevated, medium brownish when acid. In pep- 

 tone beef broth, whitish irregular flocculent masses appear at the bottom with 

 scales on the surface, resembling drops of fat (especially on glycerol broth). 

 Similar in litmus milk. No alteration in medium or coagulation. Serum not 

 liquefied. Gelatin liquefied. 



Actinomyces japonicus Caminiti, Centralbl. Bakt. I, 44: 198, 1907. 



Streptothrix sp. Aoyama & Miyamoto, Mitteil, Med. Fak. K. Jap. Univ. 

 Tokio 4: 231-276, Pis. 16-18, 1901. 



