202 CASTELLANI. 



Cultural reactions at S7°0. after fourteen days. 

 [A. = production of acid; G. = production of gas; O = no change.] 

































M 





(4 



OS 



a 

 o . 



o 

 c . 



O 03 







0) 



o 



O 



3 



3 



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3 



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0) 



o 



3 

 3 



o 

 3 



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3 

 e 



GO 



o 

 CJ 



O 

 0) 



a) 

 m 

 O 



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ai 







a 



ai 



3 



A 



ai 



a 



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0) 

 CO 



o 



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ai 

 n 

 o 



a 

 3 



ca 



0) 

 09 



o 

 3 



3 







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3 

 o 



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CO 



1 

 13 



3 

 o 



m 



a 



o 



0) 



11 

 is 



c 

 3 



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 a) "aj 



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 ■a 



B 



Oidium strain 











































I 



A.G. 



A.G. 



A.G. 



A. G.' 



A.G. 











































»o 



*>o 















Oidium strain 







































1 



II 



A. G. 



A.G. 



A.G. 



A.G. 



A.G. 











o 



o 























»o 



■=0 















Oidium strain 









































1 



III 



A.G. 



A.G. 



A.G. 



A. 



A.G. 











































CO 



^0 















Oidium strain 











































IV 



A.G. 



A.G. 



A.G. 



A. 



A. 











































=0 



<=0 















Saccharo- 











































myces 



A.G. 



A.G. 























































"0 



*0 















■ Very slight gas. 



I'Thin pellicle. 



Practically no growth. 



It will be seen from the table that the four strains of oidium isolated 

 are identical in all their cultural characteristics except that numbers 1 

 and 2 produce acid and gas in galactose, while strains 3 and 4 produce 

 only acid. This has always remained constant, although I have repeated 

 the reactions several times. All the four strains are different from the 

 ordinary O'idium albicans and O'idium lactis, as they have no action on 

 milk, at least within three weeks. As regards the saccharomyces, its 

 cultural characteristics are different, as far as I know, from any other 

 saccharomyces as yet described. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



1. A type of bronchomycosis in which oidium-like and saccharomyces- 

 like fungi are found is not rare in Ceylon. The condition might be 

 called bronchooidiomycosis, or more briefly bronchooidiosis. 



2. Two types of the condition may be clinically distinguished, a 

 mild and a severe one; the latter closely resemblies phthisis. The mild 

 type is apparently amenable to treatment with potassium iodide. 



3. The strains of o'idia found in my cases are different from the ordi- 

 nary O'idium albica?is and O'idium lactis, as they do not affect milk. 



4. All the strains found by me are identical in all respects, except 

 that some produce gas in galactose and others do not. For the 0'idium 

 which produce gas in galactose I propose the name O'idium tropicale; 

 for the saccharomyces I suggest the name Saccharomyces Tcrusei. 



