APPENDIX B 



DESCRIPTIVE CHART, SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 BACTERIOLOGISTS 



PREPARED BY F. I). CHESTER, F. P. GOKIIAM, ERWIN F. SMITH, COMMIT- 

 TEE ON METHODS OF IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIAL SPECIES 



DETAILED FEATURES 



NOTE. Underscore required terms. 



I. MORPHOLOGY 



1. Vegetative cells, medium used 



temp , age , days 



Form, round, short rods, long rods, short chains, long chains, jila- 

 iii' nts, commas, short spirals, long spirals, clostridium, cuneale, 

 clavate, curved. 



Limits of size 



Size of majority 



Ends, rounded, truncate, concave. 



f Orientation (grouping) 



Agar hanging I Chains (number of elements) 



block I Short chains, long chains. 



[ Orientation of chains, parallel, irregular. 



2. Sporangia, medium used.., , temp 



age , days 



Form, elliptical, short rods, spindled, clavate, drumsticks. 

 Limits of size Size of majority 



f Orientation (grouping).... 

 Agar hanging 



block ^ Chains (number of elements).... 



[ Orientation of chains, parallel, irregular. 

 Location of endospores, central, polar. 



3. Endospores. 



Form, round, elliptical, 

 Limits of size 

 Size of majority 



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