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authors, be detected; but this is by no means constant, 

 or even frequent. 



This organism grows under artificial conditions very 

 slowly, and frequently not at all. 



When successfully grown upon the different media it 

 presents somewhat the following appearance : 



Oa gelatin it grows very slowly, if at all, probably 

 owing in part to the low temperature at which gelatin 

 cultures must be kept. If development occurs, it ap- 

 pears as minute whitish or blue-white points on the 

 plates. These very small colonies are round, finely 

 granular, sharply circumscribed, and slightly elevated 

 above the surface of the gelatin. The growth is very 

 slow, and no liquefaction of the gelatin accompanies it. 



If grown in slant- or stab-cultures, the surface-devel- 

 opment is very limited; along the needle-track tiny 

 whitish or bluish-white granules appear. 



On nutrient agar-agar the colonies are almost trans- 

 parent; they are more or less glistening and very deli- 

 cate in structure. On blood-serum development is more 

 marked, though still extremely feeble. Here it also ap- 

 pears as a cluster of isolated fine points growing closely 

 side by side. 



A growth on potato is not usually observed. When 

 grown in milk it commonly causes an acid reaction with 

 coincident coagulation of the casein. Some varieties, 

 especially non- virulent ones, do not coagulate milk.' 



It is not motile. 



It grows best at a temperature of from 35° to 38° C. 

 Under 24° C. there is usually no development, but in a 

 few cases it has been seen to grow at as low a tempera- 



1 Welch, loc. cit. 



