THE BACILLUS OF MALIGNANT (EDEMA. 523 



both ends are rounded. (How does it differ in this 

 respect from baoillus anthraais?) It is slowly motile, 

 and its flagella are located both at the ends and along 

 the sides of the rod. It forms spores that are usually 

 located in or near the middle of the cells, causing fre- 



FlG. 98. 



C7 C7 ^~- — 



B 



Bacillus mdematis maligni. A. aJdema-fluid, from site of inoculation of 

 guinea-pig, sliowing long and short threads, a. Spore-formation, from 

 culture. 



quently a swelling at the points at which they are located 

 and giving to the cell a more or less oval, spindle, or 

 lozenge shape. (Fig. 98, B.) 



It is an obligate anaerobe, growing on all the ordinary 

 media, but not with access of oxygen. It grows well in 



