EXEECISE 83. GLANDERS GROUP. 



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Bacterium mallei (LOEFFLER) MIG. 

 SYNONYMS. Bacillus mallei LOEFFLER ; Bacillus of Glanders. 



EXPLANATORY. First described by Loeffler in 1886. Found in 

 the nodules, ulcers, discharges, etc., of glanders or farcy. 



EEFERENCES. Loeffler, Arbeit, aus dem Kaiserl. Gesundheit- 

 samte, 1886, 1, 141 : A. 376 ; H. 256 ; K. & W. II, 707 ; L. & K. 300 ; 

 L. & N. 384 ; Mig. 2, 498 ; M. & R. 275 ; M. & W. 164 ; McF. 359 ; P. 508. 



MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS : 



SKETCHES. 



1. FORM AND ARRANGEMENT: 



a. Bouillon 



6. Agar 



c. Gelatin 



d. Other media 



2. SIZE: 



3. STAINING POWERS: 



a. Aqueous gentian- violet. . 

 &. Loeffler's methylen-blue. 



c. Gram's stain 



d. Special stains 



4. MOTILITY : 



a. Character of movement.. 



b. Flagella stain 



5. SPORES : 



6. SPECIAL CHARACTERS: 



a. Capsules 



6. Involution forms 



c. Deposits or vacuoles 



d. Pleomorphism , 



