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don), aer., liqf.,oscl., chg. (orange red), npg. Bacil- 

 lus argenteo-phosphorescens, I, II, III, Katz. 

 Obtained respectively from sea-water, phosphorescent 

 pieces of fish, and cuttle-fish (Sydney, N. S. W). 

 aer., nliqf., mot. (except II), phos., npg. Bacillus 

 argenteo-phosphorescens liquefaciens, Katz. Ob- 

 tained from sea- water, near Sydney, N. S. W. aer., 

 facanaer., liqf., mot., phos., npg. Bacillus auran- 

 tiacus, Frankland. Found in well-water, aer., nliqf., 

 mot., chg. (orange), npg. Bacillus aureus, Adametz. 

 Found in water ; also on the skin in cases of eczema 

 seborrhceicum, Unna and Tommasoli. aer., nliqf., 

 mot., chg. (golden yellow). Bacillus b, Vignal. See 

 Bacillus buccalis, Vignal. Bacillus B., Hofmann. 

 Found in the larvae of Liparis monacha. The cause of 

 Flacherie, or Schlaffsucht. Bacillus bei Diphtherie 

 des Menschen, Ger. See Bacillus diphtheria, Klebs 

 and Loffler. Bacillus bei Erysipel am Kaninchen, 

 Bacillus bei Erysipel am Kaninchenohr, Ger. 

 See Bacillus erysipelatosus leporis, Koch. Bacillus bei 

 Lichen ruber, Ger. See Bacillus of Lichen ruber, 

 Laser. Bacillus bei Keuchhusten, Ger. See Bacil- 

 lus tussis convulsivce, Afanassiew. Bacillus beri-beri- 

 cus, Lacerda. Syn. ,Micrococcus of beri-beri, Lacerda, 

 Neisseria, Winkleri, Bacille du beri-beri, Fr. Bacil- 

 lus of Beri-beri, Eykmann. Found by Lacerda, Pekel- 

 haring, and Winkler, in the blood of persons affected 

 with beri-beri. Negative results were obtained by Eyk- 

 mann and Sternberg. The disease is now held to be 

 identical with dochmiasis, produced by the nematode 

 worm Dochmius duodenalis, Leuckart. See Beri-beri. 

 Bacillus berolinensis indicus, Classen. Found in 

 water of the Spree, aer., nliqf., mot., chg. (indigo- 

 blue), npg. Bacillus bienstockii, Bienstock. Found 

 in human feces. mot.,pg. Bacillus brassicae, Pom- 

 mer. Found in infusions of cabbage-leaves, aer., facan- 

 aer. , liqf., ntnot., npg. Bacillus brunneus, Adametz 

 and Weichmann. Found in water, aer., facanaer., 

 nliqf. ,nmot., npg. Bacillus buccalis, Vignal. Syn., 

 Bacillus ulna, Vignal. Bacillus «, Vignal; Bacillus b, 

 Vignal ; Bacillus f Vignal ; Bacillus g, Vignal ; Bacillus 

 j, Vignal. Bacillus buccalis fortuitus, Vignal. Bacillus 

 buccalis minutus, Vignal. Leptothrix buccalis, Vignal. 

 From the salivary secretions of healthy persons, aer. , 

 liqf., npg., chg. (golden yellow). Bacillus buccalis 

 maximus, Miller. Found in the mouth of man. 

 Common. Biologic characters undetermined. Ba- 

 cillus buccalis minutus, Vignal. See Bacillus 

 buccalis, Vignal. Bacillus butylicus, Fitz. Syn., 

 Bacille butylique, Fr. See Bacillus butyricus, Kueppe. 

 Bacillus butyricus, Botkin, Hueppe, Prazmowski. 

 Obtained from milk, hydrant water and well-water, old 

 cheese, garden earth, dust, etc. Syn., Actinobacter 

 polymorphus, Duclaux. Amylobacter Clostridium, 

 Trecul. Bacillus actinobacter, Duclaux. Bacillus 

 amylobacter, Van Tieghem. Bacillus butylicus, Fitz. 

 Bacterium navicula, Reinke and Berthold. Clostridi- 

 um butyricum, Prazmowski. Micrococcus amylovo- 

 rous, Burrill. Vibrione butyrique, Pasteur. Bacille 

 de la fermentation butyrique, Bacille de Liborius, 

 Bacille de Prazmowski, Bacterie de la fermentation bu- 

 tyrique, Fr.; Bacillo buterrico, Ital. Bacterium der But- 

 tersauregahrung, Butterbacillus, Buttersaurebacillus, 

 Fettbacillus, Liborius' Buttersaure bildender Bacillus, 

 Kartoffelfaulebacillus, Ger. Butylbacillus ; Bacillus 

 of butyric acid fermentation ; Bacillus of fire-blight ; 

 Bacillus of pear-blight ; Micrococcus of apple-blight ; 

 Micrococcus of pear-blight. One of the most widely 

 diffused forms, exceedingly important and varied in 



its powers of decomposition. It is typically anaerobic 

 and the chief of all the ferments giving rise to butyric 

 acid as a primary product. It plays an important 

 part in the human economy and in the destruction 

 of plant cellulose. Botkin regards the form observed 

 by him as distinct, aer., facanaer. , liqf., mot., npg., 

 pleom. Bacillus butyri fluorescens, Lafar. Occur- 

 ring in every sample of natural butter examined. 

 See Bacterium butyri colloideum, Lafar. Bacillus 

 melochloros, Winkler and Schroter. Bacillus butyri 

 viscosus, Lafar. Found in butter, aer. , nliqf. , npg. 

 Bacillus cadaveris, Sternberg ; obtained from yellow 

 fever cadavers, obi. ,anaer. (strict) , nmot.,pg. Bacillus 

 canalis capsulatus, Mori. Found in sewer water. 

 aer., facanaer., nliqf, nmot., pg. (for mice; guinea 

 pigs, and rabbits immune). Bacillus canalis parvus, 

 Mori. Found in sewer water, aer., nliqf, nmot., 

 pg. (for mice and guinea pigs). Bacillus candicans, 

 Frankland. Found in soil, aer., nliqf, ntnot., npg. 

 Bacillus capsulatus, Pfeiffer. Obtained from the 

 blood of a guinea pig. aer., facanaer., nliqf. , nmot., 

 pg. (for white mice and house mice, guinea pigs, 

 rabbits and pigeons (septicemia). Cf. Capsule ba- 

 cillus of Loeb. Bacillus capsulatus mucosus, 

 Fasching. Found in the nasal secretions of man in 

 cases of influenza, aer., facanaer., nmot., nliqf. , pg. 

 (for white mice and field mice), npg. (for rabbits and 

 pigeons). Bacillus capsulatus smithii, a, b, c, Theo- 

 bald Smith. Syn. , Capsule bacillus of Smith. Found 

 in the intestines of swine, aer. .facanaer. , nliqf. , nmot. , 

 npg. According to Smith, possibly identical with Ba- 

 cillus lactis aerogenes, Escherich. Bacillus carabi- 

 formis, Kaczynsky. Found in the stomach of meat- 

 fed dogs. aer. , liqf , mot. , npg. Bacillus carotarum, 

 A. Koch. Obtained from cooked carrots and sugar 

 beets, aer., liqf., nmot., npg. Bacillus catenula, 

 Duclaux. Syn. , Tyrolhrix catenula. Found in cheese. 

 anaer. (will however grow in air), nmot., npg. 

 Bacillus caucasicus, Kern. Syn., Bacterium cau- 

 casicum. Dispora caucasica, Kern. Grains de Ke- 

 phyr, Fr. ; Kefirbacillus, Kefirferment, Kefirpilz- 

 glomerat, Hirse des Propheten, Ger. Used in the 

 preparation of the peculiar milk-wine, " Kefir." 

 aer., facanaer. , nmot., npg. Bacillus cavicida, 

 Brieger. See Bacillus caviciJus, Brieger. Bacillus 

 cavicida havaniensis, Sternberg. Obtained from 

 intestine of yellow fever cadaver, aer., facanaer., 

 nliqf, mot. Bacillus cavicidus, Brieger. Syn., 

 Bacillus cavicida. Brieger' s bacillus. Bacillus de 

 Brieger, bacterie de la fermentation propionique, Fr. 

 Obtained from human feces, aer., facanaer., nliqf., 

 pg. (not for rabbits or mice). Perhaps identical with 

 Bacillus tieapolitamis , Emmerich. Bacillus caviae 

 fortuitus, Sternberg. Found in exudates of guinea 

 pig inoculated with liver from yellow fever cadaver. 

 aer., facanaer., nliqf, mot., npg. Bacillus chau- 

 vaei, Bollinger and Feser, Arloing, Cornevin, and 

 Thomas. Syn., Bacillus of symptomatic anthrax. 

 Bacille du charbon symptomatique, Bacteridie du 

 charbon symptomatique, Fr. ; Rauschbrandbacillus, 

 Bacillus des Rauschbrandes, Ger. ; Bacillo del car- 

 bonchio sintomatico, Ital. Clostridium of sympto- 

 matic anthrax, Neelsen and Ehlers. Found in 

 tissues of cattle suffering from symptomatic anthrax, 

 "black leg," or "quarter evil." anaer., liqf, 

 mot., pg. Bacillus chlorinus, Engelmann. Syn., 

 Arthrobacterium chlorinum, De Bary. Bacterium 

 chlorinum, Engelmann. Found in infusions of de- 

 caying vegetable matter, aer. , sap. , chg. (green) , npg. 



Abbreviations.— aer. — aerobic, anaer. — anaerobic, chg. — chromogenic. facanaer." facultative anaerobic, liqf. — lique- 

 factive. monom. — monomorphic. mot. — motile, nliqf. — non-liquefactive. nmot. — non-motile, npg. — non-pathogenic. 

 <>£/. — obligate, oscl. -"oscillating, /£•. — pathogenic, phos. — phosphorescent, pleom. — pleomorphic, sap. —saprophytic. 



