EXERCISE LXXXVII. BACTERIUH TUBERCULOSIS (Koch) dig. 



BACILLUS OF TUBERCULOSIS. 

 First described by Koch in 1882. Found in diseased tissue of man and animals and phthisical sputum. 



REFERENCES. Koch: Berlin. Klin. Wochenschr., 1882, 15; 221; Smith: Jour. Exp. Med., 1898, 3: 451; A. 312; H. 189; L. & K. 251; 

 M. & R., 224; M. & W. 148; McF. 208; P. 263; S. 375. 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. 



i. Relation to temperature: . 



j. Relation to tree oxygen: 



3. Relation to other agents, such as: 



desiccation, light, disinfectants, etc.: 



4. Pigment production: 



5. Gas production in glucose media: 



a. Shake culture 



b. Fermentation tube, growth in: (i) open arm: 



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



(4) reaction in open arm: 



6. Acid or alkali production, litmus milk 



T. Reduction of nitrates; to nitrites 



8. Indol production; 14 hours 48 hours 



fecal odor; 24 hours 48 hours 



9. Enzyme production: proteolytic 



(2) closed arm: 



.per cent., 73 hours per cent., hours... 



(5) gas formula, H : COj : : : 



percent. 



, to ammonia . 



.days, 

 .days. 



.diastatic. 



10. Characteristic odor. 



11. Pathogenesis 



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