96 BACILLUS (EDEMATIS MALIGNI 



protoplasm of the cell extending beyond the 

 spore. 



Contrary to what occurs in anthrax the cultures 

 as a rule contain threads and chains of bacilli which 

 are shorter than those found in the fluids of the 

 inoculated animal. 



The organism is not stained by Gram's method. 



The growth of the bacillus is associated with the 

 production of gas (Hydrogen and Carbonic Acid), 

 and such a solid medium as glucose- agar is split up 

 by gas-bubbles as is shown in photograph Fig. 98. 



The gas production is often so free that the 

 medium is quite broken up and portions of it driven 

 up the tube. 



A culture in glucose gelatine made in exactly the 

 same way as the similar culture of tetanus (Fig. 95) 

 is depicted in Fig. 99. A turbid sac of liquefied 

 gelatine is formed along the line of inoculation, but 

 stops short some little distance below the free surface 

 of the gelatine. 



The liquefaction proceeds rapidly and gas-bubbles 

 make their appearance. 



The organism is motile, and owes its motility to a 

 large number (8-12) of peripherally arranged long 

 flagella, which are very well seen in the figure 

 (Fig. 100). 



