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Pathogenesis : Non-pathogenic for mice and rabbits. Guineas die in 2 to 6 



days of septicaemia. 

 Habitat. From blood and organs of a new-born infant with septicaemia. 



4. Bact. Lumnitzeri (Steinberg) 



Bacillus der putriden Bronchitis Lumnitzer: Centralblatt f. Bateriol., Ill, 1888, 621. 

 Bacillus of Lumnitzer Sternberg : Manual, 1892, 467. 



Morphology. Bacilli 1.5-2.0 /A, with rounded ends and slightly curved. 



Agar slant and blood serum. At 37, small semi-spherical grayish white colo- ; 



nies, becoming coalescent, with odor of sputum in putrid bronchitis. 

 Pathogenesis. Intraperitoneal injections of mice cause, in 24 hours, a purulent \ 



peritonitis. Injections into lungs of rabbits, pneumonia, pleuritis. 

 Habitat. Sputum in putrid bronchitis. 



5. Bact. conjunctivitidis 



Diplobacillus de la conjonctivite subaigue Morax : Annales Pasteur Institut, 1896, 337. 



Morphology. Bacilli 1.0-2.0 /u,, ends rather squared, in twos and chains. De- 

 colorized by Gram's method. 



Blood serum. In 24 hours, moist points ; in 2 days, small transparent liquefied ; 

 depressions. 



Pathogenesis. With smaller animals and man, inflammation of the conjunctival : 

 sac. 



Habitat. Isolated from chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva. 



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6. Bact. vaginae (Kruse) 



Doderlein's Scheidenbacillus : Das Schidensekret u. seine Bedeutung f. d. Puerperal- 



fieber, Leipzig, 1892. 

 Bacillus vagina Kruse: Fliigge, Die Mikroorganismen. 



.Morphology. Bacilli middle-sized, rather slender. Grow in glucose bouillon 

 containing one per cent of secretion. Can then be transferred to glycerin i 

 agar, where it produces dewy, drop-like colonies. Facultative anaerobic. 



Pathogenesis. Doubtful. 



Habitat. Isolated from vaginal secretions. 



7. Bact. cancrosi (Kruse) 



Bacillus -des wcichen Schankers Ducrey : Monat. f. Dermatol., 1889, Heft IX. 

 B. ulceris-cancrosi Kruse : Fliigge, Die Mikroorganismen, 1896. 



Morphology. Bacilli 0.5 : 1.5 /x ; ends rounded, mostly contracted in the mid- 

 dle; in chains. Decolorized by Gram's method. Stain 15 minutes with 

 Lbffler's alkaline blue, and wash but a short time in alcohol. 



Habitat. Isolated from secretions in soft shanker. 



