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Ford. (Virulent pseudodiphtheria bacil- 

 lus, Hamilton, Jour. Inf. Dis., /, 1904, 

 711 ; Ruediger's bacillus, Mellon, Jour. 

 Bact., 2, 1917, 285; Bacillus ruedigeri 

 Mellon, ibid., 290; Ford, Textb. Bact., 

 1927, 274.) From throats of fatal cases 

 of scarlatina. 



Corynehactcri um segmentosum Eber- 

 son. {Bacillus coryzae. segmentosus 

 Cautley, Rept. Med. Officer of Health, 

 Local Govt. Board, London, 1894-95, 

 455; Bacillus septus Benham, Brit. Med. 

 Jour., ;, 1906, 1023; Eberson, Jour. Inf. 

 Dis., 23, 1918, 17; Bacillus segmentosus 

 Holland, Jour. Bact., 5, 1920, 220.) 

 Rods of variable dimensions, mostly re- 

 sembling Corynehacterium pseudodiph- 

 iheriticum Lehmann and Neumann, but 

 occasionally resembling Corynehacterium 

 diphtheriae Lehmann and Neumann. 

 Thomson and Thomson (Ann. Pickett- 

 Thomson Res. Lab., 2, 1926, 65) do not 

 think Cautley's bacillus is recognizable. 

 From nasal secretions. 



Corynehacterium squamosum Belenky 

 and Popova. (Cent. f. Bakt.,IAbt., Orig., 

 118, 1930, 444.) From normal skin of 

 calves and small-pox vaccine. Non- 

 hemolytic. 



Corynehacterium stnatum (Chester) 

 Eberson. (Bacillus striatus flavus and 

 Bacilhis striatus alhus von Besser, Beitr. 

 z. path. Anat. u. Path., 6, 1888, 349; Bac- 

 terium striatus flavus Chester, Ann. 

 Rept. Del. Col. Agr. Exp. Sta., 9, 1897, 

 111; Bacterium striatum Chester, Man. 

 Determ. Bact., 1901, 171; Bacillus 

 flavidus Morse, Jour. Inf. Dis., 11, 1912, 

 281; Corynehacterium flavidum Holland, 

 Jour. Bact., 5, 1920, 218; Eberson, Jour. 

 Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 5.) Eberson [loc. cit., 

 7) states that Bacillus diphtheroides 

 citreus Graham-Smith (Jour. Hyg., 4, 

 1904, 258) corresponds with the yellow 

 variety of this species. From nasal 

 mucus. Resembles C or ynebacterixim seg- 

 mentosum. 



Corynehacterium suis Hauduroy et al. 

 (Le bacille pyogenes suis, Colin and 

 Rossi, Revue gen. de Med. vetdr., 40, 

 1931, 137; Hauduroy etal., Diet. d. Bact. 



Path., 1937, 167). Causative agent of 

 caseous suppuration of swine. Gram- 

 negative. 



Corynehacterium suppuratxim Eberson. 

 (Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 17.) From 

 anal pus pocket. Resembles Corynehac- 

 terium epidermidis Eberson. 



Corynehacterium thermophilus Zavagli. 

 (Amer. Jour. Hyg., 15, 1932, 504.) From 

 raw and pasteurized milk. Grows better 

 at 55°C than at 37°C. 



Corynehacterium typhi Topley and 

 Wilson. {Bacillus typhiexanthematici 

 Plotz, Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 62, 1913, 

 1556 ; La Presse Med., 43, 1914, 411 ; Plotz, 

 Olitsky and Baehr, Jour. Inf. Dis., 17, 

 1915, 17; not Bacillus typhi exanthematici 

 Klebs, Proc. Internat. Med. Cong., 1, 

 1881, 323; Corynehacterium, typhi-exan- 

 thematici Eberson, Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 

 1918, 19; Bacteri)tm typhi-exanthemalici 

 Holland, Jour. Bact., 5, 1920, 222; Fusi- 

 formis typhi-exanthematici Holland, ibid., 

 221 ; Topley and Wilson, Prin. of Bact. 

 and Immun., 2nd ed., 1936, 349; Euhacte- 

 rium typhi -exantheinalici Prevot, Ann. 

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

 of typhus fever patients. 



Corynehacterium ulcerogenes Bergey 

 et al. {Corynehacterium diphtheriae ul- 

 cerogenes cutaneum Mrongovius, Cent. f. 

 Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 112, 1929, 51; 

 Bergey et al., Manual, 4th ed., 1934, 550.) 

 From ulcerations of the skin (human). 

 Resemljles Corynehacterium epidermidis 

 Eljerson and C. suppuratum Eberson. 



Corynehacterium vaccinae Galli-Valerio. 

 (Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 36, 1904, 

 465.) From vaccine pustules in calves. 



Corynehacterium xerosis canis 



(Graham-Smith) Ford. {Bacillus xero- 

 sis canis Graham-Smith, Jour. Hyg., 4, 

 1904, 258; Ford, Textb. Bact., 1927, 271.) 

 From conjunctival sacs of dogs. 



Corynethrix hominis, C. equi, C. canis, 

 C. anatis, etc. Czaplewski. (Deutsche 

 med. Wchnschr., 26, 1900, 723.) Hypo- 

 thetical species from the skin of the 

 animals indicated. 



Corynethrix pseudotuberculosis murium 

 Bongert. (Ztschr. f. Hyg., 37, 1901, 



