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Bacillus necrophorus (Loffler), from rabbits which had been inocu- 

 lated with condylomata ; bacilli varying in length, often united 

 in filaments ; should be grown in neutral rabbit bouillon. 



Bacillus conjunctivitis (Weeks), from the conjunctival sac ; resembles 

 the tubercle bacillus ; grows best in flesh broth at 37° C. 



Bacillus xerosis (Frankel), from case of conjunctivitis ; short non- 

 motile bacilli ; resembles bacUlus of mouse septicaemia ; grows 

 on blood serum at 37° C. 



^ Bacillus subtilis simulans, from human faeces ; a bacillus with 

 round ends, resembling Bacillus subtilis, but is non-liquefying 

 and non-motUe ; grows on agar at 37° C. 



Bacillus Lumnitzer, from bronchial secretion in putrid bronchitis ; 

 curved motile bacilli 1 to 2 /t long, with round ends ; grows on 

 agar or serinn at 37° C. ; cultures have a foul odour. 



Bacillus of Demme, obtained by Demme from the skin and blood in 

 cases of erythema nodosum ; bacUU with round ends, from 2 

 to 2'5 \i. long ; stains by Gram ; grows on agar at 37° C. ; the 

 colonies have a fringe-like margin. 



Bacillus of Kitasato (BacUlus of bubonic plague), from the blood, 

 etc., of those suffering from this disease ; short rods with 

 rounded ends surrounded by a capsule ; stains irregularly, the 

 ends stainiug deeply, leaving a clear interspace ; does not stain 

 by Gram ; grows on blood serum at 34° C, forming yellowish- 

 grey moist colonies. 



Bacillus tachysporus (Westbrook, Journal of Physiology, vol. iv., 

 96), obtained from the inoculation wound in a case of tetanus ; 

 anaerobic motile bacilli, varying in length and forming chains ; 

 characterized by the early appearance of oval spores, situated 

 irregularly on the rods ; appearing sixteen hours after inocula- 

 tion ; grows rapidly at 37° C. as small white colonies, forming a 

 considerable quantity of fcetid gas ; the spores may be stained by 

 the Carbol fuchsin method, and the bacilli by methylene blue 

 or gentian violet. 



