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Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 295.) From human 

 feces. 



10. Eiibacterium aerofaciens (Eggerth) 

 Prevot. (Bacteroides aerofaciens Eg- 

 gerth, Jour. Bact., 30, 1935, 282; Prevot, 

 Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 295.) From 

 human feces. 



11. Eiibacierium hiforyne (Eggerth) 

 Prevot. (Bacteroides biformis Eggerth, 

 Jour. Bact., 30, 1935, 283; Prevot, Ann. 

 Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 295.) From human 

 feces. 



12. Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth) 

 Prdvot. (Bacteroides limosus Eggerth, 

 Jour. Bact., SO, 1935, 290; Prevot, Ann. 

 Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 295.) From human 

 feces. Pederson (Jour. Bact., 50, 1945, 

 478) secured a culture of this species from 

 Eggerth, and found that it fermented 

 glucose with the production of higher 

 fatty (presumably butyric) acids and 

 lactic acid. The species should probably 

 be placed in Butyribactermm Barker. 



13. Eubacterium disciformans (Mas- 

 sini) Prevot. (Bacillus disciformans 

 Massini, Ztschr. f. gesammte Exp. Med., 

 2, 1913, 81; Prevot, Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 

 1938, 295. ) From respiratory system and 

 skin. 



14. Eubacterium poeciloides (Roger and 

 Garnier) Prevot. (Bacillus poeciloides 

 Roger and Garnier, Bull, et Mem. Soc. 

 M(5d'. des Hopitaux Paris, ^, 1906, 870; 

 Prdvot, Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 295.) 

 From intestine. 



15. Eubacterium typhi exanthematici 

 Prevot (see Corynebacterium typhi 

 Topley and Wilson). 



17. Eubacterium minutum, (Tissier) 

 Prevot. (Bacillus anaerobicus minutus 

 Tissier, Recherches sur la fiore intestinale 

 des nourissons, Paris, 1900; Bacteroides 

 minutus Hauduroy et al., Diet. d. Bact. 

 Path., 1937, 64; Prevot, Ann. Inst. Past., 

 60, 1938, 295.) From intestine of breast- 

 fed infant. 



18. Eubacterium parvum (Chouk^- 

 vitch) Prevot. (Coccobacillus anaero- 

 bicus parvus Choukdvitch, Ann. Inst. 

 Past., 25, 1911, 256; Prevot, Ann. Inst. 

 Past., 60, 1938, 295.) From large in- 

 testine of a horse. 



19. Eubacterium lentum (Eggerth) 

 Prevot. (Bacteroides lentus Eggerth, 

 Jour. Bact., 30, 1935, 280; Prevot, Ann. 

 Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 295.) From human 

 feces. 



Genus II. Catenabacterium Preuot. 

 (Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 294.) 



Non-motile, straight or curved rods. 

 Usually grow in long chains or filaments. 

 No branching. Not capsulated. Gram- 

 positive. Anaerobic. 



1. C atenabaclfrium helminthoides 

 (Lewkowicz) Prdvot. (Bacillus helmin- 

 thoides Lowkowicz, Arch, de M^d. Exp., 

 13, 1901, 631; Prevot, Ann. Inst. Past., 

 60, 1938, 295.) From mouth of breast- 

 fed infant. 



2. Catenabacterium jilamentosum 

 Prdvot. (Jungano, Compt. rend. Soc. 

 Biol., Paris, 60, 1909, 112 and 122; Prevot, 

 Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 295.) From 

 intestine of a rat. 



3. Catenabacterium lottli Prevot. 

 (Lotti, Ann. Ig. Sper., 19, 1909, 75; 

 Prevot, Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 296.) 

 From human appendix and intestine. 



4. Catenabacterium catenaforme (Eg- 

 gerth) Prevot. (Bacteroides catena- 

 formis Eggerth, Jour. Bact., 30, 1935, 

 286; Prevot, Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 

 296.) From human feces. 



5. Catenabacterium nigrum (Repaci) 

 Prevot. (Streptobacillus gangrenae pul- 

 monaris Repaci, Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., 

 Paris, 61, 1910, 410; Prevot, Ann. Inst. 

 Past., 60, 1938, 296.) From gangrenous 

 tissue found in a lung. 



Genus III. Ramibacterium Prevot. 

 (Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 294.) 



Non-motile, straight or curved rods 

 with frequent branching. Not capsu- 

 lated. Gram-positive. Anaerobic. 



1. Ramibacterium ramosum (Veillon 

 and Zuber) Prevot. (Bacillus ramosus 

 Veillon and Zuber, Arch. m^d. exp. et 

 anat. path., 10, 1898, 542; Nocardia 

 ramosa Vuillemin, Encyclopedic My co- 

 log., Paris, 2, Champignons Parasites, 

 1931, 132; Actinomyces ramosus Nan- 



