FAMILY BACILLACEAE 



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Facultative anaerobe producing gaseous 

 gangrene. From a gaseous suppuration. 



Bacillus legumini-perdus von Oven. 

 (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 16, 1906, 67; 

 Bacteriian leguminiperdum Stevens, The 

 Fungi which Cause Plant Disease, 1913, 

 28.) Pathogenic for lupine {Lupinus 

 sp.), kidney bean {Phaseolus vulgaris), 

 pea {Pisuni sativu77i) , tomato {Lycopersi- 

 cimi esculenium) . 



Bacillus lehmanni Herter. (Microbe 

 5A, Choukevitch, Ann. Inst. Past., 25, 

 1911, 350; Herter, Just's Botan. Jahres- 

 ber., 3.9, 2 Abt., Heft 4, 1915, 748.) From 

 the large intestine of the horse. 



Bacillus lekitosis Perlman. (X. Y. 

 State Dept. Agr. and Markets, Ann. 

 Rept., 1931, 115.) Egg lecjjthin hydro- 

 lyzed completely by powerful extracellu- 

 lar enzyme. From contaminated sample 

 of whole mixed eggs. 



Bacillus lesagei Trevisan. (Bacille de 

 la diarrhee verte des enfants, Lesage, 

 Bull. Acad. Med. Paris, Oct. 25, 1887; 

 Trevisan, I generi e le specie delle Bat- 

 teriacee, 1889, 14.) From the intestine 

 of infants. 



Bacillus levanijormans Greig Smith. 

 (Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 26, 

 1901, 589, 674 and 684; Cent. f. Bakt., 

 II Abt., 8, 1902, 596.) Produces slime in 

 sucrose solutions. Probably a variety of 

 Bacillus vulgatus according to Sacchetti 

 (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 95, 1936, 115). 



Bacillus licheniformis (Weigmann) 

 Chester. (Bacterie a, Weigmann, Cent, 

 f . Bakt., II Abt., 2, 1896, 155 ; Clostridium 

 licheniforme Weigmann, loc. cit., 4, 1898, 

 822; Chester, Man. Determ. Bact., 1901, 

 287; see also Gibson, Soc. Agric. Bact. 

 (British); Abstr. Proc, 1927, Paper Xo. 

 10; Gibson and Topping, ibid., 1938, 43; 

 Gibson, ibid., 1943, 13.) Gibson places 

 this with Bacillus subtilis although it 

 was originally described as being Gram- 

 negative and forming clostridial spor- 

 angia. Spore germination polar. 



Bacillus lichenoides Grohmann. (Mor- 

 phologisch-biologische Beitrage zur 

 Kenntnis der Wasserstoffbakterien, In- 



aug. Diss., Univ. Leipzig, 1923; Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 61, 1924, 267 ; Ruhland and 

 Grohmann, Jahrb. wissensch. Botanik, 

 63, 1924, 321.) Oxidizes hydrogen in the 

 presence of oxygen to form water. Pre- 

 sumably widely distributed in soil. 



Bacillus lignivorans Patrick and Werk- 

 man. (Iowa State Coll. Jour. Sci., 7, 

 1933, 410.) Ferments xylan. One cul- 

 ture isolated from decayed maple wood. 



Bacillus lignorum Patrick and Work- 

 man. (Iowa State Coll. Jour. Sci., 7, 

 1933, 410.) Ferments xylan. One cul- 

 ture isolated from decayed apple wood. 



Bacillus limnophilus Stiihrk. (Cent, 

 f. Bakt., II Abt., 93, 1935, 190.) Good 

 growth on Ca n-butyrate agar. One 

 culture isolated from soil of Germany. 



Bacillus lingardi Trevisan. (Bacillus 

 de la stomatite ulcereuse du veau, Lin- 

 gard and Batt ; Trevisan, I generi e le 

 specie delle Batteriacee, 1889, 14.) From 

 ulcerations on the tongue and mucous 

 membrane of the mouth of calves. 



Bacillus lividus Zimmermann. (Bakt. 

 unserer Trink- u. Nutzwasser, Chemnitz, 

 II Reihe, 1894, 18; not Bacillus lividus 

 Voges, Cent. f. Bakt., 14, 1893, 303.) 

 From water. 



Bacillus longior Saito. (Jour. Coll. 

 Sci., Imp. Univ., Tokyo, 23, Art. 15, 1908, 

 57. ) Isolated once from garden air. 



Bacillus longus Migula. (Bacillus No. 

 VII, Fltigge, Ztschr. f. Hyg., 17, 1894, 

 296; Bacillus lactis X'o. VII, Kruse, in 

 Fltigge, Die Mikroorganismen, 3 Aufi., 2, 

 1896, 209; Migula, Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 

 1900, 581 ; not Bacillus longus Chester, 

 Man. Determ. Bact., 1901, 303; Bacillus 

 plicatus Chester, ibid., 275; not Bacillus 

 plicatus Frankland and Frankland, 

 Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London, 178, 

 B, 1887, 273; not Bacillus plicatus Zim- 

 mermann, Bakt. unserer Trink- u. 

 Nutzwasser, Chemnitz, I Reihe, 1890, 54; 

 not Bacillus plicatus Deetjen, Inaug. 

 Diss., Wiirzburg, 1890; not Bacillus 

 plicatus Copeland, Rept. Filtration Com- 

 mission, Pittsburgh, 1899, 348.) From 

 milk. 



