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ual, 3rd ed., 1930, 398; not Bacillus ulbus 

 Trevisan, I generi e le specie delle 

 Batteriacee, 1889, 14; not Bacillus albus 

 Copeland, Report Filtration Comm., 

 Pittsburgh, 1899, 344.) Cellulose is 

 hydrolyzed. From soil in GermanJ^ 



Bacillus alcalophilus Vedder. (Ned. 

 Tijdschr. v. Hyg. Microbiol, en Serolog., 

 1, 1934, 141.) Grows only in and on 

 highly alkaline culture media. Sixteen 

 strains isolated from the feces of healthy 

 animals. 



Bacillus alopecuri Nogtev. (Botani- 

 cheskii Zhurnal, U.S.S.R., 23, 1938, 149.) 

 Causes nodule formation on fox grass 

 {Alopecurus pratensis). 



Bacillus alpha Dyar. (Ann. N. Y. 

 Acad. Sci., 8, 1895, 366.) From the air. 



Bacillus alpinus Werner. (Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 87, 1933, 465.) Good 

 growth on calcium salts of formic, acetic, 

 propionic and butyric acids. One cul- 

 ture isolated from soil from Austria. 



Bacillus alveolaris Ksenjoposky. (Re- 

 view of pests of Volhymia, Volhymia Ent. 

 Bur., Zemstvo of Volhymia, Zitomir, 

 1916, 24 pp.) From diseased bees {Apis 

 mellifera). 



Bacillus amarus Hanmier. (Iowa Agr. 

 Exp. Station Res. Bull. 52, 1919, 198.) 

 From evaporated milk. 



Bacillus aminovorans den Dooren de 

 Jong. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 71, 1927, 

 215.) From soil. 



Bacillus amyloaerohius Crimi. (Abst. 

 in Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 61, 1924, 63.) 

 From potato rot. 



Bacillus amylolyticus Kellerman and 

 McBeth. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 34, 

 1912, 490.) Decomposes cellulose. One 

 culture isolated from manure. 



Bacillus annuliformis Migula. (Fa- 

 denahnlicher Bacillus, Maschek, Bakt. 

 Untersuch. d. Leitmeritzer Trinkwasser, 

 Leitmeritz, 1887; Migula, Syst. d. Bakt, 

 2, 1900, 783.) From water. 



Bacillus anthracis similis McFarland. 

 (Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., 24, 1893, 556.) 

 From dust. 



Bacillus apicum Canestrini. (Atti 

 Soc. Ven. Trent. Sci. Nat., 91 ; according 



to Kruse, in Fliigge, Die Mikroorganis- 

 men, 3 Aufl., 2, 1896, 233.) From dis- 

 eased bees and their larvae. 



Bacillus aporrhoeus Fuller and Nor- 

 man. (Jour. Bact., 4^, 1943,277.) From 

 soil. Decomposes cellulose. 



Bacillus arachnoideus Migula. (Bacil- 

 lus No. Ill, Fliigge, Ztschr. f. Hyg., 17, 

 1894, 294; Bacillus lactis No. Ill, Kruse, 

 in Fliigge, Die Mikroorganismen, 3 Aufl., 

 2, 1896, 208; Migula, Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 

 1900, 583; Bacterium lacteum Migula, 

 ibid., 321.) From milk. 



Bacillus arenarius Stiihrk. (Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 93, 1935, 187.) Good 

 growth on Ca n-butyrate agar. One 

 strain isolated from Cuban soil. 



Bacillus aridus Migula. (Bacillus No. 

 8, Pansini, Arch. f. path. Anat., 122, 

 1S90, 444; Migula, Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 

 559.) From sputum. 



Bacillus arlongii (sic) DeToni and 

 Trevisan. (Bacillus de la septicemie 

 gangreneuse, Arloing and Chauveau, see 

 Crookshank, Man. of Bact., 3rd ed., 1890, 

 305; DeToni and Trevisan, in Saccardo, 

 Sylloge Fungorum, 8, 1889, 950.) From 

 wounds in gangrenous septicaemia. 



Bacillus asiaticus Sakharoff. (Sak- 

 haroff, Ann. Inst. Past., 8, 1893, 550; 

 not Bacillus asiaticus Castellani, Cent. f. 

 Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 65, 1912, 262.) 

 From feces in a case of cholera. 



Bacillus asteris Verona. (Riv. Pat. 

 Veg., 25, 1935, 15.) Pathogenic for 

 China aster (Aster chinensis). 



Bacillus asthenogenes Bernard. (Ann. 

 Inst. Past., 35, 1921, 459.) Grows aero- 

 bically as well as anaerobically. Under 

 anaerobic conditions it is said to 

 play a role in gastric derangement 

 and infection commonly confused with 

 beriberi. Author reports that it is very 

 similar to Bacillus megatherium. 



Bacillus aterrimus tschitensis Kli- 

 menko. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 20, 

 1908, 1.) Reported to be like the black 

 potato bacillus except that it forms a 

 black pigment on gelatin and the potato 

 is brown instead of black. From air. 



Bacillus aurantius (Sack) Bergey etal. 



