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Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 33, 1902, 488; 

 Bacillus nutris Mellon, Joui'. Bact., 2, 

 1917, 305.) Causative agent of hepatized 

 lung in white rat. 



Bacterium pseiidopestis murium Galli- 

 Valerio. (Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 

 68, 1913, 188.) Causative agent of thy- 

 roid infection in rats. Gram-negative. 



Bacterium ribberti Migula. (Bacillus 

 der Darmdiphtherie des Kaninchens, 

 Ribbert, Deutsch. med. Wochnschr., 13, 

 1887, 141 ; Bacillus diphtheriae cuniculi 

 Kruse, in Fliigge, Die Mikroorganismen, 

 3 AuH., 2. 1896, 412; Bacterium diph- 

 theriae cuniculi Cliester, Ann. Rept. Del. 

 Col. Agr. Exp. Sta., 9, 1897, 84; Migula, 

 Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 190:), 369; Bacterium 

 cuniculi Chester, Man. Determ. Bact., 

 1901, 141.) Associated with a diphther- 

 itic inflammation of the intestines in 

 rabbits. 



Coccobacillus diphtheroides Manteufel. 

 (Diphtheroid bacilli, Collis, Sheldon and 

 Hill, Quart. Jour. Med., Ser. 2, 1, 1932, 

 511; Kokkobacillus diphtheroides Ber- 

 trand, Med. Welt, 8, 1934, 150; Manteu- 

 fel, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 138, 

 1937, 308.) From polyarthritis. 



Comma variabile Heurlin. (Heurlin, 

 Bakt. Unters. d. Keimgehaltes im Geni- 

 talkanale d. fiebernden Wochnerinnen. 

 Helsingfors, 1910, 145.) From genital 

 canal . 



Corijnebacteriutn acidum Eberson. 

 (Bacillus diphtheroides breris Graham- 

 Smith, Jour. Hyg., 4, 1904, 258; Eberson, 

 Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 9.) From 

 large abscess in mouth and ear. 



Corynebacterimu adamsoni Prevot. 

 (Bacillus D, Adamson, Jour. Path, and 

 Bact.,.?^, 1919,350 and 392; Prevot, Ann. 

 Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 304.) From in- 

 fected war wounds. 



Corynebacterium album Belenkj' and 

 Popova. (Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 

 118, 1930, 444.) From normal skin of 

 calves and small-pox vaccine. 



Corynebacterium. anaerobium Prevot. 

 {Bacillus anaerobivs diphtheroides 

 Massini, Ztschr. f, gesammte exper. 



Med., 2, 1913, 81; Prevot, Ann. Inst. 

 Past., 60, 1938, 304.) From a complicated 

 case of otitis media. 



Corynebacteriurn annamensis Haudu- 

 roy et al. (Gillon, These pour le Doc- 

 torat Veterinaire, Ecole Nationale Veter- 

 inaire de Toulouse, France, 1930; 

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

 Paris, 1937, 145.) Causative agent of a 

 toxic abdominal infection of sheep in 

 Annam, French Indo-China. 



Corynebacterium arthritidis muris 

 Fischl, Koech and Kussat. (Ztschr. f. 

 Hyg., 112, 1931, 421; Corynebacterium 

 arthritidis-muris Hauduroy et al., Diet. 

 d. Bact. Path., 1937, 147.) Causative 

 agent of infected ankle joint in white 

 mouse. 



Corynebacterium ascitis Eberson. 

 (Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 16.) From 

 ascitic fluid. 



Corynebacterium aurantiacum Eberson. 

 (Jour! Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 14.) Orange- 

 red growth. From lymph nodes; one 

 culture from gland in Hodgkin's disease 

 but not specific for the disease. 



Corynebacterium auris (Graham- 

 Smith) VjhersonA Bacillus auris Graham- 

 Smith, Jour. Hyg., 4, 1904, 258; Eberson, 

 Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 8.) Indole is 

 formed. P>om pus of ears of scarlet 

 fever patients. 



Corynebacterium avidum (Eggerth) 

 Prevot. (Bacteroidcs avidus Eggerth, 

 Jour. Bact., 30, 1935, 289; Prevot, Ann. 

 Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 304.) Forms gas 

 in some media. From the human intes- 

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

 478) secured a culture of this species 

 from Eggerth, and found that it fer- 

 mented glucose with the production of 

 higher fatty (presumably butyric) acids, 

 and lactic acid. The species should 

 probably be placed in Butyribacterium 

 Barker. 



Corynebacterium blattellae Glaser. 

 (Jour. Exp. Med., 5/, 1930, 907.) Found 

 in the fat lx)dy of the German cockroach 

 ( Blattella germanica). For a more com- 

 plete description see Manual, 5th ed., 

 1939, 978. 



