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mouse 



ray to green-gray. Soluble pigmenl 96. Streptomyces galtieri (Cord and Jou- 



black. bert, L951 i Waksman (Goret, P. and Jou- 



Gelatin: Growth abundant. Aerial myce- bert, L. Ann. parasitol. humaine ei comparee 



liuni yellow. Soluble pigmenl dark In-own. 2U: lis L27, 1951). 



Slow liquefaction. Morphology: Two types of colonies are 



Milk: No coagulation; slow peptonization, produced on agar: one small, flat, regular, 



Cellulose: Growth good. white; the oilier large, thick, irregular, 



Antagonistic properties: Produces actino- yellowish. Sporophores form spirals. Spores 



mycin. oval, 0.8 to L.5 by 0.8 n. 



Remarks: Related to S. viridochromogenes, Sucrose nitrate agar: Growth limited. 



S. flavochromogenes, and S. viridoflavus. Ii Aerial mycelium powdery, white. No soluble 



was also said to be related to S. parvullus. A pigment. 



variety of this species designated as achro- Nutrient agar: Growth poor, thin, yellow- 



mogenes, not producing any melanin pig- ish. Aerial mycelium powdery, white. Solu- 



ment, was also described. hie pigmenl brown. 



95. Streptomyces galilaeus Ettlinger et al. t Peptone agar: Growth limited, cream- 



L958 (Ettlinger, L., Corbaz, R., and Hiitter, colored. Aerial mycelium powdery, white. 



P. Arch. Mikrobiol. 31: :;.">ti. 1958). Soluble pigmeni very slight, brown-reddish. 



Morphology: Sporophores tnonopodially Starch agar: Growth thin. Aerial myce- 



branched, with open, regular spirals. Spores limn powdery, while. No soluble pigment. 



smooth (PI. II k). Potato: Punctiform colonies growing to- 



Glycerol nitrate agar: Substrate growth gether as thick crust, orange-reddish in 



at first lighl carmine, later carmine-red. color - Aerial mycelium limited, white, ap- 



Aerial mycelium white-gray. No soluble pig- pearing very slowly. No soluble pigment. 



ment. Gelatin: Growth poor, flaky, white. 



Glucose-asparagine agar: Growth thin. Liquefaction limited. 



white-yellow, later red. Aerial mycelium ^ Inl<: Growth slow. Aerial mycelium 



ash-gray. No soluble pigment. white. At 25°C no coagulation; at 37°C 



Calcium malate agar: Growth thin, white- coagulation after 20 days; no peptonization, 



yellow, later red. Aerial mycelium ash-gray. Nitrate reduction: Positive. 



No soluble pigment. Production of IPS: Negative. 



Starch agar: Growth carmine-red. Aerial Source: Dog septicemia (thoracic, ab- 



mycelium white-gray. Limited hydrolysis. dominal, and brain lesions). 



Potato: Growth brownish-yellow. Aerial Remarks: Said to be pathogenic for 



mycelium ash-gray. Soluble pigment limited, guinea pig and rabbit. Culture grown in the 



chestnut-brown. Melanin-positive. laboratory not pathogenic for dogs. 



Gelatin: Surface growth light red to lighl 



brown. Aerial mycelium sparse, grayish- 97 ' Stre Vtomyces gardneri (Waksman and 



whit... Soluble pigment reddish-brown to Hennci ) Q0V " comb " (Gardner, A. D. and 



dark brown. Liquefaction trace. Melanin- Chain > E - Brit - J - Ex P tL PathoL 2:i: 12:! - 



p 0S itive. L942 S Waksman, S. A., Horning, E. S. 



.Milk: Pellicle thick, light brown. Aerial Welsch, M., and Woodruff, II. B. Soil Sci. 



mycelium ash-gray. Limited coagulation, no 54: 289, L942). 



peptonization. Morphology: When grown on oatmeal 



Antagonistic properties: Positive. agar, aerial mycelium thin, largely at edge 



Habitat : Soil, of growth, consisting <>!' short, straighl to 



