EXERCISE LXXXV. BACTERIUH CUNICULICIDA Koch. 



BACILLUS OP CHICKEN CHOLERA; BACILLUS OF SWINE PLAGUE; BACILLUS SEPTICAEMIAS HEMORRHAGICAE. 



First described by Koch in 1878. Found in blood, organs and excreta of chickens suffering with fowl cholera, and swine suffering 

 from swine plague. 



REFERENCES. Koch: Wundiiifektionskrankheiten. Septikaemie bei Kaninchen, 1878; Smith: Report on Swine Plague, Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. Agri., 1891 ; Smith & Moore: Bull. 6, B. A. I., 1894; H. 208; McF. 409; S. 408. 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. 



i. Relation to temperature:. 



2. Relation to free oxygen: 



3. Relation to other agents, such as: 



desiccation, light , disinfectants, etc.: 



4. Pigment production: 



5. Gas production in glucose media: 



a. Shake culture 



A. Fermentation tube, growth in: (t) open arm: 



(3) rate of development: 24 hours percent., 48 hours. 



(4) reaction in open arm: 



6. Acid or alkali production, litmus milk 



7. Reduction of nitrates; to nitrites 



8. Indol production; 24 hours , 48 hours 



fecal odor; 24 hours 48 hours 



9. Knzyme production : protcolytic 



...(2) closed arm: 



.percent., 72 hours per cent 



...(5) K<TS formula, H : COj : : 



hours per cent. 



to ammonia.. 



days, 

 days. 



.diastatic. 



TO. Characteristic odor. . 

 ii. Pathogenesis 



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