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yellowish-white fluid. Under these conditions its 

 growth is accompanied by a marked aromatic odor im- 

 possible to describe ; this is especially the case when 

 the liquefaction is far advanced. 



Fig. 66. 



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abed 

 Stab culture of the Finkler-Prior bacillus In gelatin, at 18° to 20° C. 

 o. After twenty-four hours. 6. After forty-eight houis. c. After seventy-two 

 houiB. d. After ninety-six hours. 



In stab cultures in gelatin at the room temperature 

 liquefaction is noticed about the upper part of the 

 needle-track in twenty-four hours. This condition 

 gradually increases, and at the end of two or three days 

 the entire upper portion of the gelatin has become con- 

 verted into a cloudy fluid, whereas at the lower part 



