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MANUAL OP DETERMINATIVE BACTERIOLOGY 



Broth : Turbid, with gray ring and vis- 

 cid sediment. 



Litmus milk: Alkaline, slimy, pep- 

 tonized, strong odor. 



Potato : Luxuriant, lemon-yellow, 

 smooth. 



Indole not formed. 



Nitrites not produced from nitrates. 



No acid or gas from carbohydrates. 



Aerobic, facultative. 



Optimum temperature 30°C. 



Habitat : Milk. 



Appendix: The following species have 

 also sometimes been regarded as belong- 

 ing in the genus Alcaligenes, or possess 

 characters that indicate that they belong 

 in this genus. 



Achromobacter alcaliaromaticum (Ber- 

 lin) Bergey et al. {Bacterium alcali- 

 aromaticum Berlin, Rev. de Microbiol, et 

 Epidemiol., 6, 1927; Bergey et al., Man- 

 ual, 3rd ed., 1930, 212.) From feces. 

 See Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 509 for a de- 

 scription of this species. This species is 

 much like Alcaligenes faecalis. 



Achromobacter cxjstinovorum Barber and 

 Burrows. (Biochem. Jour., 30, 1936, 

 599.) From soil. See Manual, 5th ed., 

 1939, 516 for a description of this species. 

 This species is much like Alcaligenes 

 marshallii. 



Achromobacter lipidis (Anderson) 

 Allison, Anderson and Cole. {Bacter- 

 ium lipidis Anderson, Internat. Assoc. 

 Milk Dealers, Proc. 3()th Ann. Conven- 

 tion, Labora ory Section, October, 1937, 

 19; Allison, Anderson and Cole, Jour. 

 Bact., 36, 1938, 571.) From rancid 

 cream. See Manual, 5th ed., 1934, 521 

 for a description of this species. This 

 species is much like Alcaligenes metal- 

 caligenes. 



Alcaligenes albus Bergey et al. {Bac- 

 terium lactis album Conn, Esteu, and 

 Stocking, Ann. Rept., Storrs Agr. Exp. 

 Station, 1906, 143; Bergey et al.. Manual, 

 1st ed., 1923, 237.) From udder of cow. 

 Gram-positive. See Manual, 5th ed., 

 1939, 100 for a description of this species. 



Alcaligenes alcalinofoetidus Hauduroy 

 et al. {Bacillus alcalinofoetidus Cas- 



tellani. Jour. Trop. Med., 1930, 134; 

 Hauduroy, Ehringer, Urbain, Guillot and 

 Magrou, Dictionnaire des bact^ries path- 

 ogenes. Paris, 1937, 29.) From tonsils 

 of persons having an offensive breath. 



Alcaligenes ammoniagenes (Cooke and 

 Keith) Bergey et al. {Bacterium am- 

 moniagenes Cooke and Keith, Jour. Bact., 

 13, 1927, 315; Bergey et al.. Manual, 3rd 

 ed., 1930, 367.) From feces of infants. 

 Gram-positive. See Manual, 5th ed., 

 1939, 99 for a description of this species. 



Alcaligenes denieri Corbet. (Organ- 

 ism No. 6, Denier and Vernet, Le Caout- 

 chouc, 17, 1920, 10193; Quart. Jour. Rub- 

 ber Research Inst., Malaya, 2, 1930, 152.) 

 From the latex of Hevea brasiliensis 

 (para rubber tree). Gram-positive. 

 See Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 99, for a 

 description of this species. 



Alcaligenes faecalis var. mariense Hau- 

 duroy et al. {Bacillus mariense Klimenko 

 quoted from Besson, Technique Micro- 

 biologique, p. 904; Hauduroy et al., Diet. 

 Path. Bact., Paris, 1937, 31.) A hydro- 

 gen sulfide producing variety. 



Alcaligenes lenis De Assis. (Boletim 

 do Inst. Vital Brasil, Niteroi, No. 14, 

 1930, 1.) From human blood stream. 



Alcaligenes stevensae Brown. (Amer. 

 Museum Novit., No. 251, 1927, 6.) 

 From crushed egg masses of the moth 

 (Malacosoma americana). Said to be 

 related to Alcaligenes bronchisepticus . 



Bacillus coeci Ford. (Ford, Studies 

 from Royal Victoria Hosp., Montreal, 1, 

 No. 5, 1903, 45.) Found in stomach and 

 rectum of a single human subject. Much 

 like Alcaligenes bookeri. 



Bacillus pylori Ford. (Ford, Studies 

 from Royal Victoria Hosp., Montreal 1, 

 No. 5, 1903, 44.) Found in the human 

 stomach. Liquefied gelatin and pep- 

 tonized casein but did not liquefy blood 

 serum. 



Flavobacterium fecale Bergey et al. 

 {Bacillus fecale aromaticum Stutzer, 

 Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 91, 1923, 87; 

 Bergey et al., Manual, 3rd ed., 1930, 150.) 

 From feces. Resembles Alcaligenes mar- 

 shallii. See Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 545 

 for a description of this species. 



