METABOLISM OF ACTINOMYCETES 



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TABLE 6 

 The decomposition of organic substances by actinomycetes* 



Average. 



Control 



A . violaceus-ruber 



A. violaceus-caesari . . 



A . scabies 



A. pheochromogenus . . 

 A. viridochromogenus . 



chromogenus 205 . . 



aureus 



exfoliatus 



albus 



A. griseus 



A . j 'radii 



Actinomyces {206) 



A. alboflavus 



A. reticuli 



A. reticulus-ruber. . . . 



A. rutgersensis 



A. halstedii 



A. albosporeus 



A. diastaticus 



A. poolensis 



A. madurae 



A . hominis 



Actinomyces 128 



Actinomyces 161 



Actinomyces 96 



Actinomyces 104 



Actinomyces 145 



Actinomyces 154 



Actinomyces 168 



Actinomyces 215 



Actinomyces 216 



GLUCOSE 

 BROTH t 



NHj-N 



3.08 

 5.13 

 5.21 

 4.85 

 5.70 

 4.84 

 4.34 

 4.87 

 4.57 

 4.10 

 4.56 

 5.73 

 5.19 

 6.36 

 4.38 

 3.77 

 4.57 

 4.52 

 5.42 

 6.21 

 4.38 

 8.04 

 4.52 

 3.42 

 3.70 

 4.16 

 4.02 

 3.12 

 5.19 

 4.14 

 6.05 

 3.12 



MILK § 



NHa-N 



2.65 

 21.38 

 20.80 

 12.83 



4.85 

 17.96 

 13.12 

 14.82 

 15.96 

 23.66 

 33.21 

 19.95 

 28.32 

 26.32 

 14.25 

 16.18 

 22.80 

 11.69 



9.41 

 25.94 

 30.21 

 35.63 

 19.95 

 25.65 

 21.66 

 21.95 



8.55 



5.70 

 23.66 

 16.96 

 15.20 

 19.95 



NH3-N 







9.6 



6.5 



9.1 



2.2 



4.3 



4.3 



7.2 



9.1 



11.0 



13.9 



5.3 



13.7 



7.7 



6.5 



12.7 



5.8 



1.9 



1.9 



10.1 



13.0 



12.7 



10.8 



11.8 



-2.2 



3.5 



6.7 



13.2 



5.3 



* The data present milligrams of nitrogen per 10 cc. of medium, 

 t Incubated at 16° to 18° for thirty to thirty-five days. 

 t Incubated at 25° for fourteen days. 

 § Incubated at 37° for forty days. 



