EXEKCISE 82. SWINE PLAGUE GROUP. jgS 



Bacterium cholerae (Zopf) Kitt. 



Synonyms. Bacillus of chicken cholera; Bacillus of swine 

 plague; Bacterium cholei'te-gallinarum Ckookshank; Baet. suicida 

 MiGULA ; Bacillus septicemiEe hemorrhagicse Hueppe. 



Explanatory. First described by Koch in 1878. Found in 

 blood, organs and excreta of chickens suffering with fowl cholera, 

 and in swine suffering from swine plague. 



Eepeeences. Koch, Wundinfectionskrankheiten, Septikaemie 

 bei Kaninehen, 1878 ; Smith, Eeport on Swine Plague, Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. Agri., 1891 ; Smith & Moore, Bull. 6, 

 B. A. I., 1884 ; C. 135 ; H. 305 ; K. & W. II, 543 ; L. & N. 208 ; Mig. 2, 

 364 ; McF. 534. 



MOEPHOLOGIOAL CHARACTERS: 



1. Form and arrangement: 

 a. Bouillon 



Sketches." 



6. Agar . 



c. Gelatin 



d. Other media. . 



2. Size: 



3- Stainino powers : 



a. Aqueous gentian- violet. . 



6. Loeffler's methylen-blue. 



t.-. Gram's stain 



d. Special stains 



i. Motility : 



a. Character of movement... 



b. Flagrella stain 



B. Spores: 



6. Special characters : 



a. Capsules 



b. Involution forma- .... 



c. Deposits or vacuoles. 



d. Pleomorphism 



