EXERCISE 95. OEDEMA GROUP. 377 



Bacillus Feseri (Trevisa..) Kitt. 



Synonyms. Bacillus of symptomatic anthrax; Black-leg bacil- 

 lus ; Bacillus carbonis Mig. ; Bacillus anthracis-symptomatici Kruse. 



Explanatory. First described by Arloing, Cornevin and 

 Thomas in 1880. It occurs in the subcutaneous tissue, muscles and 

 serous exudate of animals suffering from symptomatic anthrax. 



Eepeeences. Arloing, Cornevin and Thomas, Le Charbon 

 symptomatique du boeuf, 2nd edit. Paris, 1887 ; A. 527 ; C. 296 ; Fl. 

 2, 245 ; H. 328 ; K. & W. II, 601 ; L. & N. 339 ; Mig. 593 ; M. & R. 401 ; 

 McF. 583 ; P. 563. 



Morphological oharactees : 



Sketches. 



1. Form and arrangement: 

 a. Bouillon 



6. Agar . 



c. Gelatin 



d. Other media. 



2. Size: 



3. Staining POWERS: 



n. Aqueous gentian-violet. . 

 6. Loeffler's methylen-blue. 



c. Gram's stain 



d. Special stains 



i. Motility : 



u. Character of movement.., 

 b. Flagella stain 



5. Spores: 



6. Special characters: 



a. Capsules 



6. Involution forms 



c. Deposits or vacuoles.. 



d. Pleomorphism 



