56 Till; CiFKMINATlON OF TIIF. FNDOSPOHK 



1876, with a bacillus isolated by him from an infusion of hay. This fact defi- 

 nitely proved that the bacteria belong to the vegetable kingdom, since spore 

 formation exclusively characterises the sub kingdom Thallophyta, and is unknown 

 in animals. A more accurate account of tlii> important process was given two 

 later by OSKAR BREFELD (I.) for ]>'icillns */>/>( i/i .- two years subsequently 

 by A. PRAZMOWSKI (I.) for C'loatridium Imfi/i-ii-m/i . in 1882 by HANS BUCHNER 

 (II.) for /;. ftfUftracw; then by DE BARY (I.) for his /;. ii<ttkerium, and by 

 others. 



