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phigus contagiosa. This may be a 

 synonym of Micrococcus pemphigi neona- 

 torum, see below. 



Micrococcus pemphigineonatorum Cas- 

 tellani and Chalmers. {Micrococcus 

 pemphigi neonatorum Almquist, Ztsclir. 

 f. Hyg., 10, 1891, 253; Staphylococcus 

 pemphigi neonatorum Lehmann and Neu- 

 mann, Bakt. Diag., 1 Aufl., 2, 1896, 173; 

 Castellani and Chalmers, Man. Trop. 

 Med., 3rd ed., 1919, 931.) Found in 

 bullae in a case of pemphigus neonatorum. 

 This may be Micrococcus mollis, accord- 

 ing to Castellani and Chalmers {loc. cit.). 

 Falls (Jour. Inf. Dis., 20, 1917, 97) identi- 

 fies this and the previous organism as 

 Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus Zopf. 



Micrococcus percitreus Bergey et al. 

 (Manual, 1st ed., 1923, 63.) From air 

 and water. Hucker {loc. cit., 10) con- 

 siders this a synonym of Micrococcus 

 conglomeratus Migula. For a description 

 of this species, see Bergey et al., Manual, 

 5th ed., 1939, 248. 



Micrococcus perUavus Bergey et al. 

 (Manual, 1st ed., 1923, 62.) From air 

 and water. Hucker {loc. cit., 12) re- 

 gards this as a synonym of Micrococcus 

 aureus Zopf. For a description of this 

 species, see Bergey et al.. Manual, 5th 

 ed., 1939, 247. 



Micrococcus persicus Kern. (Arb. 



bakt. Inst. Karlsruhe, 1, Heft 4, 1897, 

 499.) From the intestine of a dove {Co- 

 lumba oenas). Hucker {loc. cit., 25) 

 states that this may be identical with 

 Micrococcus roseus Fliigge. 



Micrococcus petechialis Trevisan. (Mi- 

 crococco del dermotifo, Bareggi, 1886; 

 Trevisan, I generi e le specie delle Bat- 

 teriacee, Milan, 1889, 33.) 



Micrococcus petilus Trevisan. (Mi- 

 crococcus der Pyaemie bei Kaninchen, 

 Koch, tjber d. Aetiolog. d. Wundinfec- 

 tionskr., Leipzig, 1878 ; Micrococcus pyae- 

 miae cuniculorum Schroeter, in Cohn, 

 Kryptogam. Flora v. Schlesien, 3, 1, 

 1886, 148; Trevisan, I generi e le specie 

 delle Batteriacee, Milan, 1889, ZZ; Micro- 



coccus cuniculorum Migula, Syst. d. 

 Bakt., 2, 1900, 192.) From rabbits. 



Micrococcus peiroZez Renault. (Compt. 

 rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, m, 1897, 1315.) 

 A fossil form from oil bearing rocks. 



Micrococcus pieridis Burrill. (Quoted 

 from Chittenden, U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Farmers' Bull. No. 1461, 1926, 6.) From 

 larvae of the cabbage butterfly {Pieris 

 rapae). 



Micrococcus pikowskyi Bergey et al. 

 (Culture No. 22, Baranik-Pikowsky, 

 Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 70, 1927, 373; 

 Bergey et al.. Manual, 3rd ed., 1930, 78.) 

 From sea water. For a description of 

 this species, see Bergey et al., Manual, 

 5th ed., 1939,242. 



Micrococcus piliformis Weiss. (Arb. 

 bakt. Inst. Karlsruhe, 2, Heft 3, 1902, 

 194.) From a bean infusion. Hucker 

 {loc. cit., 7) considers this a synonym of 

 Micrococcus luteus Cohn or of Micrococ- 

 cus varians Migula. 



Micrococcus piltonensis Gray and 

 Thornton. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 73, 

 1928, 81.) From manure and soil. For 

 a description of this species, see Bergey 

 et al.. Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 259. 



Micrococcus pituitoparus (Hohl) Bu- 

 chanan and Hammer. {Karphococcus 

 {Carphococcus) pituitoparus Hohl, Jahrb. 

 d. Schweiz, 22, 1906, 439; Diplococcus 

 viscosus Sato, Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 

 19, 1907, 27; Buchanan and Hammer, 

 Iowa Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bull. 22, 1915, 

 285.) From slimy milk and from straw. 

 Hucker {loc. cit., 23) states that this 

 species is probably identical with Micro- 

 coccus candidus Cohn or with Micrococcus 

 epidermidis Hucker. For a description 

 of this species, see Bergey et al., Manual, 

 5th ed., 1939, 243. 



Micrococcus plumosus Eisenberg. 

 (Brautigam, Inaug. Diss., Leipzig, 1886, 

 18; Federiger Micrococcus, Adametz, 

 Mitteil. d. Oesterr. Versuchssta. f. Brau- 

 erei u. Malzerei, Wien, Heft 1, 1888; 

 Eisenberg, Bakt. Diag., 3 Aufl., 1891, 

 56.) From feces of cattle and from 

 water. Winslow and Winslow {loc. cit., 



