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BACTERIOLOGY. 



Fig. 2i.Cladothrix dichotoma. 



False branching ; the original direction of growth corresponds 

 to the line, r, a, p ; by the pushing of cells to one side and their 

 subsequent growth the branches, n, n, arise ; at the apex of these 

 the structure is plainly seen to be that of a chain of cylindrical 

 cells. The false branching is a special form of branching, b, 

 a piece of a filament with distinct segmentation ; in the upper 



gart, the sheath is nearly emptied of cells. (Drawing after De 

 ary) I : 600. 



determined whether the branching is of the 

 same type as the pseudo-branching of the Cla- 

 dothrichece, i.e., of the pleoinorphic arthrospo- 



