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rather slow liquefaction of gelatin. In the absence of 

 more extended studies we are, therefore, inclined to refer 

 these forms to Micrococcus. It is at any rate clear that 

 they form a minor connecting link between two much 

 larger and more sharply defined groups, the parasitic 

 aurococci and the saprophytic micrococci. 



