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Path., 1937, 55; Prevot, loc. cit., 299.) 

 From blood in pyemia of man. For a 

 description of this species, see Manual, 

 5th ed., 1939, 580. 



15. Spherophorus influenzae formis 

 (Russ) Prdvot. {Bacillus influenzae- 



formis Russ, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., 

 Orig., 39, 1905, 357; Bacteroides russii 

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

 1937, 73; Prevot, loc. cit., 299.) One 

 strain isolated from a perianal abscess 

 and two strains from purulent meningitis 

 in man. For a description of this species, 

 see Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 583. 



16. Spherophorus caviae. See Bac- 

 teroides caviae. 



Genus II. Spherocillus Prevot. 



(Loc. cit., 297.) 



Characters as for the genus Sphero- 

 phorus, but motile with peritrichous 

 flagella. 



1. Spherocillus bullosus (Distaso) Pre- 

 vot. (Bacillus bullosus Distaso, Cent, 

 f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 62, 1912, 443; 

 Bacteroides bullosus Castellani and Chal- 

 mers, Man. Trop. Med., 3rd ed,, 1919, 

 960; Prevot, loc. cit., 300.) From the 

 intestinal canal. For a description of 

 this species, see Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 

 583. 



2. Spherocillus thetaiotaomicron. See 

 Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron . 



3. Spherocillus wirthi Prdvot. (Bacil- 

 lus, Wirth, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 

 105, 1928, 201; Prevot, loc. cit., 300.) 

 From a case of acute otitis. 



Appendix III: The following addi- 

 tional species have been found in the 

 literature. 



Actinomyces pseudonecrophorus Harris 

 and Brown. (Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 



40, 1927, 203.) From the uterus in 

 cases of puerperal infection. Probably 

 should be classified near Spherophorus 

 necrophorus. For a description of this 

 species, see Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 579. 



Bacillus anaerobius gracilis Lewko- 

 wicz. (Arch. M^d. Exp., 13, 1901, 633.) 

 From the mouths of infants. 



Bacillus angulosus Garnier and Simon. 

 (Presse Med., 1909, 473.) From the 

 blood of an infant with typhoid fever. 



Bacillus annuliformans Massini. 

 (Ztschr. f. gesam. Exp. Med., 1913, 81.) 

 From a tuberculous cavity of man. 

 Pathogenic. 



Bacillus circularis major Heurlin. 

 (Bakt. Unters. d. Keimgehaltes im 

 Genitalkanale d. fiebernden W5chnerin- 

 nen. Helsingfors, 1910, 168.) From the 

 genital canal. Anaerobic. Gram-nega- 

 tive. 



Bacillus limitans Heurlin. {Ibid., 

 165.) From the genital canal. Anaero- 

 bic. Gram-negative. 



Bacillus nebulosus Hall^. (Hall^, 

 These de Paris, 1898; not Bacillus nebu- 

 losus Vincent, Ann. Inst. Past., 21, 1907, 

 69.) From the human vagina. 



Bacillus stellatus Vincent. (Vincent, 

 Ann. Inst. Past., 21, 1907, 62; not Bacil- 

 lus stellatus Chester, Man. Determ. 

 Bact., 1901, 274.) From water. 



Bacillus sijmbiophiles Shottmuller. 

 (Leitfaden f. d. klin. bakt. Kultur., 

 Berlin, 1923.) From the blood in a case 

 of puerperal fever. 



Bacterium albarrani Jungano. (Compt. 

 rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 63, 1907, 302.) 

 From a case of cystitis. 



Bacterium, ininutissimum Le Blaye 

 and Guggenheim. {Cocco-bacillus minu- 

 tissimutn gazogenes Jacobson, Ann. Inst. 

 Past., 22, 1908, 300; Le Blaye and Guggen- 

 heim, Manuel Pratique de Diagnostic 

 Bact., Viget Freres, 1914.) From in- 

 testines of infants. 



Bacteroides splenomegaliae (Pinoy) 

 Hauduroy et al. {Synbacterium spleno- 

 megaliae Pinoy, Compt. rend. Acad. Sci., 

 Paris, 182, 1926, 1429; Hauduroy et al., 



