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MANUAL OF DETERMINATIVE BACTERIOLOGY 



Bacterium subrubeum Kern. (Arb. 

 bakt. Inst. Karlsruhe, 1, Heft 4, 1896, 

 450; Bacillus snbrubeus Nepveux, These, 

 Fac. Pharm., Nancy, 1920, 115.) From 

 the intestines of birds. 



Bacterium subsquamosum Migiila. 

 {Bacterium squamosum longum Kern, 

 Arb. bakt. Inst. Karlsruhe, 1, Heft 4, 

 1896, 458; Migula, Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 

 1900, 335.) From the intestines of a 

 dove. 



Bacterium subthermophilum Migula. 

 {Bacillus thermophilus IV, Rabino- 

 witsch, Ztschr. f. Hyg., 20, 1895, 157; 

 Migula, Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 344; 

 Bacterium thermophilum IV, Chester, 

 Man. Determ. Bact., 1901, 186.) From 

 soil and feces. 



Bacterium subtilis var. galleriae 

 Chorine. (Ann. Inst. Past., 41, 1927, 

 1120.) From diseased larvae of the bee 

 moth {Galleria mellonella). 



Bacterium tenax Kern. (Arb. bakt. 

 Inst. Karlsruhe, 1, Heft 4, 1896, 443.) 

 From the stomachs of birds. 



Bacterium terrae (Ucke) Chester. 

 {Streptobacillus terrae Ucke, Cent. f. 

 Bakt., I Abt., 23, 1898, 1001; Chester, 

 Man. Determ. Bact., 1901, 199.) From 

 soil. 



Bacterium truncatum Chester. (Ba- 

 cillus No. 51, Conn, Storrs Agr. Exp. 

 Sta., 1894, 81; Chester, Man. Determ. 

 Bact., 1901, 195; not Bacterium trunca- 

 tum Migula, Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 407; 

 not Bacterium truncatum. Chester, ibid., 

 157.) From milk. 



Bacterium verrucosum Kern. (Arb. 

 bakt. Inst. Karlsruhe, 1, Heft 4, 1896, 

 434.) From the stomachs and intestines 

 of birds. 



Bacterium virgula (Duclaux) Migula. 

 {Tyrothrix virgula Duclaux, Ann. Inst. 

 Nat. Agron., 4, 1882, 23; Migula, Syst. d. 

 Bakt., 2, 1900, 323.) From cheese. 



Bacterium viride van Tieghem. (Van 

 Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1880, 

 174; Bacilhis viridis Trevisan, I generi 

 e le specie delle Batteriacee, 1889, 18.) 



Cellulobacillus mucosus Simola. (Ann. 

 Ac. Sc. Fenn., Ser. A, 34, 1931; abst. in 



Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 86, 1932, 89.) 

 Thermophilic ; cellulose decomposed 

 quickly at 55° to 60°C, more slowly at 

 37°C. 



Cellulobacillus myxogenes Simola {loc. 

 cit.). Not slimy as above. 



Clostridium gelatinosum Laxa. (Eine 

 thermophilen Bacillus, Laxa, Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 4, 1898, 362; Laxa, ibid., 

 6, 1900, 286; 8, 1902, 154; Bacterium 

 sacchariphilum Migula, Syst. d. Bakt., 

 2, 1900, 341 ; Bacterium laxae Chester, 

 Man. Determ. Bact., 1901, 187.) From 

 sugar factory wastes. Produces slime in 

 sucrose solutions. Probably a variety of 

 Bacillus vulgatus according to Sacchetti 

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



Denitrobacterium thermophilum Am- 

 broz. (Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 37, 1913, 

 3.) From soil. 



Lactobacillus sporogenes Horowitz- 

 Wlassowa and Nowotelnow. (Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 87, 1933, 331.) Resem- 

 bles Lactobacillus delbrueckii but forms 

 ellipsoidal, terminal spores. 



M etabacterium polyspora Chatton and 

 Perard. (Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 

 65, 1913, 1232.) The type species of the 

 genus M etabacterium, characterized by 

 forming one to eight spores in a single 

 cell. From the caecum of guinea pigs. 

 See Buchanan (Jour. Bact., 3, 1918, 39). 



Myxobacillus betae Gonnermann. 

 (Oestcrreich-Ungarische Ztschr. f. Zuck- 

 crind. u. Landwirtsch., 36, 1907, 877; 

 see Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 21, 1908, 258.) 

 Produces slime in sucrose solutions. 

 Appears to be closely related to Bacillus 

 subtilis. 



Nilrosobacillus thermophilus Campbell. 

 (Science, 75, 1932, 23.) A thermophilic 

 aerobic rod with swollen clavate sporan- 

 gia; forms nitrites from ammonium salts. 

 From surface layers of soil from North 

 Carolina and Florida. 



Semiclostridium commune, S. citreum, 

 S. flavum and S. rubrum Maassen. 

 (Arbt. a. d. biol. Abt. f. Land- u. Forst- 

 wirtsch. am kaiserl. Ges. Amt., 5, 1907, 

 1.) Produce slime in sucrose solutions. 



