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Habitat : Live on dead fish and in sea 

 water. 



41. Bacterium hemophosphoreum 



Pfeiffer and Stammer. (Pfeiffer and 

 Stammer, Ztschr. f. Morph. u. Okol. d. 

 Tiere, 20, 1930, 136; Brucella {?) haenw- 

 -phosphor eum Pribram, Klassifikation der 

 Schizomyceten, Leipzig und Wien, 1033, 

 67.) 



Rods: 1.0 by 4.5 microns, the size 

 varying with the medium. Seem to show 

 bipolar staining. 



Fish agar with 3 per cent sea salt: 

 Good growth. 



Litmus milk : Acid . Reduction . 



Potato: Yellow growth, medium be- 

 coming orange. 



Indole not formed. 



Nitrites not produced from nitrates. 



Acid from glucose, sucrose, lactose, 

 maltose, galactose, mannitol and fruc- 

 tose. 



Phosphorescent. 



Pathogenic for other insects. 



Source: Isolated from the blood of 

 diseased larvae of the mealworm, Tene- 

 brio molitor. 



Habitat: From diseased insect larvae. 



Appendix 1: The following phospho- 

 rescent species have been described in 

 the literature. Many are incompletely 

 described and they have been placed in 

 various genera without adequate study. 



Achromobacter argenieophosphorescens 

 (Katz) Bergey ct al. {Bacillus argenieo- 

 phosphorescens I, Katz, Cent. f. Bakt., 

 9, 1891, 157; Bacterium argenteo-phos- 

 phorescens Chester, Ann. Rept. Del. 

 Col. Agr. Exp. Sta., 9, 1897, 121 ; Bacillus 

 argenteo-phosphorescens Migula, Syst. d. 

 Bakt., 2, 1900, 869; Photobacillus I, 

 Miquel and Cambier, Traits de Bact., 

 Paris, 1902, 881; Bergey et al., Manual, 

 3rd ed., 1930, 221.) From sea water in 

 Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, .Vustralia. Sil- 

 ver-white luminescence. Probably a 

 variety of Photobacterium fischeri Beijer- 

 inck, according to Katz. 



Achromobacter cyaneophosphorescens 



(Katz) Bergey et al. {Bacillus cyaneo- 

 phosphorescens Katz, Cent. f. Bakt., 9, 

 1891, 158; Photobacterium cyaneum Lud- 

 wig, according to Kruse, in Fliigge, Die 

 Mikroorganismen, 3 Aufl., 2, 1896, 331; 

 Photobacterium cyano-phosphorescens 

 (sic) Ford, Textb. of Bact., 1927, 619; 

 Vibrio cyaneo -phosphor escens Lehmann 

 and Neumann, Bakt. Diag., 7 Aufl., 2, 

 1927, 543; Bergey et al., Manual, 3rd ed. 

 1930, 221.) From sea water in Little 

 Bay, near Sydney, Australia. Bluish- 

 green luminescence. Identical with or 

 similar to Photobacterium indicum Beijer- 

 inck, according to Katz. 



Achromobacter luminosum Bergey et 

 al. {Bacillus argenteo-phorphor escens II, 

 Katz, Cent. f. Bakt., 9, 1891, 157; Bac- 

 terium argenteo-phosphorescens Migula, 

 Syst. d. Bakt.. 2, 1900, 435; Photobacil- 

 lus II, Miquel and Cambier, Traits de 

 Bact., Paris, 1902, 882; Bergey et al., 

 Manual, 3rd ed., 1930, 226.) From fish 

 obtained in the market. Greenish -silver 

 luminescence. 



Achromobacter phosphoreum (Migula) 

 Bergey et al. {Bacillus argenteo-phos- 

 phorescens liqucfaciens Katz, Cent. f. 

 Bakt., 9, 1891, 157; Bacillus phosphoreus 

 Migula, Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 867; 

 Bergey et al., Manual, 3rd ed., 1930, 222.) 

 From sea water along the coast near 

 Sydnej^ Australia. Luminescence 

 slight. Probably identical with Photo- 

 bacterium luminosum B eijerinckl 



Achromobacter phosphoricum (Migula) 

 Bergey et al. {Bacillus argenteo-phos- 

 phorescens III, Katz, Cent. f. Bakt., 9, 

 1891, 157; Bacillus phosphoricus Migula, 

 Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 870; Photobacillus 

 III, Miquel and Cambier, Traits de 

 Bact., Paris, 1902, 882; Bergey et al., 

 Manual, 3rd ed., 1930, 223.) From 

 cuttlefish {Sepia sp.) obtained in the 

 fish market. Bluish -greenish -white 

 luminescence. 



,1 chromobactcr smaragdinophosphores- 

 cens (Katz) Bergey et al. {Bacillus 

 smaragdino-phorphorescens Katz, Cent, 

 f. Bakt., 9, 1891, 159; Bacterium smarag- 

 dino phosphorescens Chester, Ann. Rept. 



