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Gelatin colonies. Crateriform, turbid ; microscopically, round, entire, becom- 

 ing ciliate ; dense flocculi in the liquefied gelatin felted, floccose, 

 densest in the centre. 



Gelatin stab. Liquefaction crateriform saccate stratiform, with a pellicle 

 on the surface. 



Agar colonies. Anthrax-like. 



Bouillon. Turbid ; a membrane on the surface adhering to the walls of the 

 tube. 



Potato. Growth white, thick, mealy. 



Agar slant. Growth thick, crumpled. 



Milk. Coagulated, peptonized, slightly alkaline. Indol negative. 



Habitat. Widely distributed.^ 



195. B. lactis-albus Steinberg 



Described but not named Loffler : Berliner klin. Wochenschrift, 1887, Nos. 33-34. 

 B. lactis-albus Sternberg: Manual, 1892, 680. 



As far as described like the preceding. In milk, the production of butyric 



acid, leucin, and tyrosin. 

 Habitat. Milk. 



196. B. leptosporus Klein 



Centralblatt f. Bakteriol., VI, 1889, 6. 



In fluid media like B. subtilis. Characters on solid media not described. 



Spore germination polar. (See Fig. 6.) 

 Habitat^. A culture contamination. 



197. B. megatherium De Bary 



Vergl. Morph. Phys. u. Biol. der Pilze, Strassburg, 1884. 



Morphology. Bacilli very large, approaching 2-5 microns in thicknes-s ; in 

 cultures, after successive -generations much smaller, 0.6-0.8 /x, somewhat 

 bent and curved. .Numerous peritrichic flagella. Aerobic. Stain by 

 Gram's method. 



Gelatin colonies. Deep colonies gray white, translucent, denser in the centre, 

 granular, ciliate. Surface colonies raised, centres dense, borders ciliate. 



Gelatin stab. Liquefaction saccate ; no membrane. 



Agar colonies. Elevated, white, grayish, moist, glistening; microscopically, 

 segmented. 



Agar slant and potato. Growth like B. subtilis, slightly yellowish. Indol 

 negative. H 2 S positive. 



Habitat. Isolated from cabbage infusion. 



