CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES. 



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SCHIZOMYCETES (FLtJGGE's OKIGINAL CLASSIFICATION). 



Isolated, or in chains, 

 or united in amor- 

 phous gelatinous 

 families 



Micrococcus. 



Forming gelatinous 

 families of definite 

 form. 



Colonies solid, filled 

 with cells 



Colonies, with simple 

 layer of cells at the 

 periphery . 



In large numbers, 

 in irregular 

 colonies . Ascococcus. 



In small but defi- 

 nite numbers, in 

 regular groups . Sarcina. 



Clathrocystis* 



Short. 



Isolated, or in small 

 heaps loosely united, 

 or in irregular gela- 

 tinous families 



Short, 

 distinctly 

 jointed 



Long. 



Threads 

 isolated, 

 i n t e r -<; 

 laced, or 

 in bun- 

 dles. 



Without 

 ramifica- 

 tions. 



Straight 

 filaments. 



Long, ^ 

 notdis-JThin 

 tinctly j Thick 

 jointed.' 



Wavy, or 



( Short rigid 



Pseudo-ramifications 



. Bacterium. 



. Bacillus. 



Leptotlvrix . 



. Threads in roundish gelatinous masses 



Spirochffte 

 (vibrio}. 

 Spirillum. 



fStreptotltnj'. 

 \Clathrotlirli-. 



. Myconostoc. 



