FLOKA OF THE STOMACH 303 



No. 9. Coccus form. 



Colony: White, rough edge made of rounded projections; large. 



Grows poorly on glucose agar; grows better on plain agar slightly 

 alkaline. 



Milk: No acid until several days, when small amount is noticed. 



Large cocci with tendency to bunches. 



Gram positive. 



No. 10. Sarcina flava. 



Colony: Small, yellow, translucent. 



Litmus milk: Decolorized, no coagulation. 



Gelatin: Not liquified. 



In cubes and bunches, not regular even when examined from broth. 

 Lehman and Newman, p. 159; Chester, p. III. 



No. 14. Boas Oppler bacillus. 



No. 13. A short bacillus with some coccus forms. 



Colony: Small, pink on Russell's. 



Litmus milk: No acid, no coagulation. 



Have not been able to identify. 



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Abelons, J. Emile 1888-89 Compt. rend. Acad. d. sc. Paris, 1888, 108: 310-313; 



Compt. rend. Society de biol. Paris, 1889, 9: 1,8 6-89; Montpel. & Paris. 



C. coulet. Lecasnier & Babi, 1889, 163 p. 

 Fowler Personal communication. 

 Frerichs 1849 Haser's Archiv. f. d. ges. Med. 10: 137. 

 Goodsir, John 1843 Schmidt's Jahrbucher 39: 305. 

 Gregersen, J. P. 1916 Cental, f. Baker., Parasit, and Infek 77. 

 Hasse and Kolliker 1847 Archiv. f. physiol. Hulk, 6: 762. 

 Hamburger, H. 1890 Central bl. f. klin. Med. Leipz. 11: 425^37. 

 Herter 1907 Bacterial infection of the digestive tract. 

 Kaufmann, J. 1895 Berliner klinische Wochenschrift, 32: 117 and 147. 

 Kendall 1916 Bacteriology. 



Oppler, Dr. Bruno 1894 Munchener Medicinische Wochenschrift, 41: 570. 

 Smithies 1914 J. A. M. A. 63: No. 23. 



