FAMILY ENTEROBACTERIACEAE 



507 



Habitat: Not reported from other 

 sources as yet. 



25. Salmonella abortusbovis Kauff- 

 mann. (Kauffmann, Ztschr. f. Hyg., 

 120, 1937, 194.) 



Antigenic structure: [I], IV, XXVII, 

 XII: b: e, n, x. . . . 



Liquefies gelatin (Kauffmann, Ztschr. 

 f. Hyg., 117, 1936, 778). 



Source: Isolated and incompletely 

 typed by H. Bernard, Ztschr. f. Hyg., 

 117, 1935, 352. 



Habitat: Normally found in cattle, 

 causing abortion. Occasionally occurs 

 in man. 



26. Salmonella sp. (Tjpe Bredeney). 

 {Salmonella hredeney Kauffmann, Ztschr. 

 f. Hyg., 119, 1937, 356.) 



Antigenic structure: I, IV, [XXVII], 

 XII: 1, v: 1, 7. . - . 



Source: Found by Hohn and Herr- 

 mann in Bredeney, Germany. Typed 

 by Kauffmann {loc. cit.). From cases 

 of human gastroenteritis and an abscess 

 of lower jaw. 



Habitat : Isolated from human sources. 

 Also found in normal hogs and chickens. 



27. Salmonella sp. (Type Schleiss- 

 heim). {Salmonella, schleissheim Kauff- 

 mann and Tesdal, Ztschr. f. Hyg., 120, 

 1937, 171.) 



Antigenic structure: IV, XXVII, XII: 

 b, Zio: — . 



Liquefies gelatin (Kauffmann and 

 Tesdal, loc. cit.). 



Source: Isolated by Hopfengartner 

 (Miinchener tierarz. Wchnschr., 1, 1929, 

 185) in Schleissheim. From cattle. 

 Typed by Kauffmann and Tesdal {loc. 

 cit.). Also found by Tillmanns in the 

 liver of a horse (Ztschr. f. Fleisch. u. 

 Milch Hyg., 50, 1940, 109). Caused an 

 outbreak of gastroenteritis in 30 persons 

 (Kauffmann, Acta Path, et Microbiol. 

 Scand., 17, 1940, 1). 



Habitat: Apparently widely dis- 

 tributed. 



28. Salmonella sp. (Type Schwarzen- 



grund) . {Salmonella schwarzengrund 

 Kauffmann, Acta Path, et Microbiol. 

 Scand., Suppl. 44, 1944, 34.) 



Antigenic structure: I, IV, XXVII, 

 XII: d: 1, 7. 



Source: A single culture isolated by 

 Dr. J. Hohn from a human case of en- 

 teritis that occurred in Schwarzengrund, 

 near Breslau, Germany. 



Habitat: Not reported from other 

 sources as yet. 



29. Salmonella hirschfeldii Weldin. 

 {Bacillus paratyphosus /Ss Weil, Wien. 

 klin. Wchnschr., 30, 1917, 1061; Bacillus 

 erzinjan Neukirch, Ztschr. f. Hyg., 85, 

 1918, 103; Paratyphoid C bacillus, 

 Hirschfeld, Lancet, 1, 1919, 296; "Para- 

 C", Mackie and Bowen, Jour. Roy. 

 Army Med. Corps, 33, 1919, 154; Bacillus 

 paratyphosus C Andre wes and Neave, 

 Brit. Jour. Exp. Path., 2, 1921, 157; 

 Paratyphus Ni, Iwaschenzoff, Arch. f. 

 Schiffs- u. Trop. Hyg., 30, 1926, 1 ; Weldin, 

 Iowa Sta. Coll. Jour. Sci., 1, 1927, 161; 

 Bacterium hirschfeldii Weldin, ibid., 161; 

 Typus-Orient, Kauffmann, Zbl. f. d. 

 ges. Hyg., 25, 1931, 273; Salmonella 

 paratyphi C Castellani and Chalmers, 

 Man. Trop. Med., 3rd ed., 1919, 939; 

 Salmonella paratyphosus C Castellani 

 and Chalmers, ibid., 952.) Named for 

 Hirschfeld who worked with this 

 organism. 



Rods: 0.3 to 0.5 by 1.0 to 2.5 microns, 

 occurring singly. Motile with peritri- 

 chous flagella. Gram-negative. 



Gelatin colonies: Grayish, smooth, 

 flat, glistening, margin irregular. 



Gelatin stab: Flat, grayish surface 

 growth. No liquefaction. 



Agar colonies: Grayish, moist, smooth, 

 translucent. 



Broth: Turbid. 



Litmus milk: Slightly acid, becoming 

 alkaline. 



Indole not formed. 



Nitrites produced from nitrates. 



Acid and gas from glucose, fructose, 

 maltose, arabinose, xylose, dextrin, 

 trehalose, mannitol, dulcitol and sor- 

 bitol. No action on lactose, sucrose, 



