FAMILY BACILLACEAE 



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del Inst it. Bacteriol., Buenos Aires, 6, 

 1935, 567.) Author saj's colonies resem- 

 ble Bacillus simplex. Habitat probably 

 in soil. 



Bacillus peptogenes (Buchanan and 

 Hammer) Bergey et al. {Bacterium 

 peptogenes Buchanan and Hammer, Iowa 

 Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bull. 22, 1915, 273; 

 Bergey et al., Manual, 1st ed., 1923, 293.) 

 From a tube of litmus milk after auto- 

 claving. 



Bacillus pcptonans Chester. {Bacil- 

 lus lactis peptonans Sterling, Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 1, 1895, 473; Chester, 

 Man. Determ Bact., 1901, 271.) From 

 milk. Very similar to Bacillus mesen- 

 tericus vulgatus Flligge. 



Bacillus peptonificans Lubenau. 

 (Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 40, 1906, 

 435.) Similar to Bacillus subtilis. Be- 

 lieved to be the cause of an epidemic of 

 gastroenteritis. 



Bacillus perlucidulus Saito. (Jour. 

 Coll. Sci., Imp. Univ., Tokyo, 23, Art. 

 15, 1908, 43.) Isolated 3 times from 

 garden air. 



Bacillus petiolaius Saito. (Jour. Coll. 

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

 48.) Isolated twice from garden air. 



Bacillus phaseoli von Wahl. (Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 16, 1906, 500.) From 

 canned beans. 



Bacillus phenolphilos Bartels. (Cent, 

 f. Bakt., II Abt., 103, 1940, 21.) Good 

 growth on media containing m/50 phenol . 

 One culture isolated from soil. 



Bacillus picrogenes Patrick and Werk- 

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

 1933, 410.) Ferments xylan. One cul- 

 ture isolated from decayed watermelon. 



Bacillus pilijormis Tyzzer. (Jour. 

 Med. Research, 37, 1917, 307.) All at- 

 tempts to cultivate the organism failed 

 except when mixed with a streptotoccus. 

 Considered aerobic by Ford (Textbook of 

 Bact., 1927, 712). Causes fatal disease of 

 Japanese waltzing mice. 



Bacillus piscicidus Migula. {Bacillus 

 piscicidus agilis Siebert, Gazetalekarska, 

 1895, No. 13-17; abst. in Cent. f. Bakt., 



17, 1895, 888; Bacierium piscicidus agilis 

 Chester, Ann. Rept. Del. Col. Agr. 

 Exp. Sta., 9, 1897, 140; Migula, Syst. 

 d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 652; Bacillus piscicidus 

 nobilis (sic) Babes and Riegler, Cent, 

 f. Bakt., II Abt., Orig., 33, 1902-03, 440.) 

 Cause of a fish epidemic in St. 

 Petersburg. 



Bacillus pisi von Wahl. (Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 16, 1906, 502.) From 

 young peas. 



Bacillus plahjchoma Gray and Thorn- 

 ton. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 73, 1928, 

 93.) Phenol is attacked. Three strains 

 isolated from soil. 



Bacillus plexiformis Goadby. (Dental 

 Cosmos, 42, 1900, 322.) From the mouth. 



Bacillus plicatus Deetjen. (Deetjen, 

 Inaug. Diss., Wlirzburg, 1890; not Bacil- 

 lus plicatus Frankland and Frankland, 

 Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London, 178, 

 B, 1887, 273; not Bacillus plicatus Zim- 

 mermann, Bakt. unserer Trink- u. Nutz- 

 wasser, Chemnitz, I Reihe, 1890, 54; not 

 Bacillus plicatus Copeland, Rept. Filtra- 

 tion Commission, Pittsburgh, 1899, 348; 

 not Bacillus plicatus Chester, Man. 

 Determ. Bact., 1901, 275.) From 

 sausage. 



Bacillus pollacii Pavarino. (Atti R. 

 Accad. Naz. Lincei Rend. CI. Sci. Fis. 

 Math, e Nat., 20, 1911, 233.) Reported 

 to cause depressed spots on leaves of 

 Odontoglossum citrosmum. 



Bacillus popxdi Brisi. (Atti Cong. 

 Nat. Ital. Pom. della Soc. Ital. di Sci. 

 Nat. Milano, 1907, 376.) Reported as 

 cause of galls on branches of poplar trees 

 {Populus sp.). 



Bacillus pseudanthracis Kruse. (Milz- 

 brandahnlicher Bacillus, Burri, Hyg. 

 Rundschau, 4, 1894, 339; abst. in Cent. f. 

 Bakt., 16, 1894, 374; Kruse, in Flugge, 

 Die Mikroorganismen, 3 Aufl., 2, 1896, 

 233; not Bacillus pseudanthracis Wahr- 

 lich, Bakteriol. Studien, Petersburg, 

 1890-91, 26; Bacillus pseudo-anthracis 

 Chester, Man. Determ. Bact., 1901, 280.) 

 From South American bran. 



Bacillus pseudococcus Migula. (Bacil- 



