FAMILY BACILLACEAE 



793 



Potato : Gray, filamentous ; substance 

 not digested. 



Acid and gas from glucose and lactose. 

 Acid only from sucrose and dulcitol. 

 Starch not fermented. 



Coagulated albumin not liquefied. 



Grows in gelatin at 22°C. 



Anaerobic. 



Source : From human feces. 



Habitat: Not determined, other than 

 this source. 



28. Clostridium sartagoformiim Partan- 

 sky and Henry. (Jour. Bact., 30, 1935, 

 570.) From Latin, shaped like a fry- 

 ing-pan. 



Rods : 0.3 to 0.5 by 3.5 to 6.0 microns. 

 Slender, curved, with rounded ends, oc- 

 curring singly. Motile. Spores oval, 

 terminal, swelling rods. Gram-positive. 



Gelatin : Not liquefied. 



Agar surface colonies (anaerobic ) : 

 Convex, discrete, circular, transparent to 

 white and opaque. Surface moist and 

 smooth. 



Blood agar not hemolyzed. 



Deep agar colonies : Regular, lenticular, 

 smooth. 



Broth: Clear; no growth. 



Glucose broth: Turbid, with gas bub- 

 bles. 



Litmus milk: Acid; slowly coagulated, 

 with some gas formation. Clot not di- 

 gested. 



Potato : Very scant growth. No gas in 

 surrounding liquid. 



Indole not formed. 



Nitrites not produced from nitrates. 



Acid and gas from xylose, glucose, fruc- 

 tose, galactose, sucrose, lactose, maltose, 

 raffinose, inulin, salicin, mannitol, ace- 

 tate and butyrate. Starch, ethanol, glyc- 

 erol and dulcitol not fermented. 



Coagulated albumin not liquefied. 



Blood serum not liquefied. Scant 

 growth. 



Brain medium not blackened or di- 

 gested. Some gas is formed. 



Optimum temperature 37°C. 



Anaerobic . 



Distinctive character : Ferments sulfite 



waste liquor in 40 per cent concentration, 

 forming butyric and acetic acids, H2 

 and CO2. 



Source : From garden soil and from 

 stream and lake mud. 



Habitat: Not recorded; obviously soil. 

 Distribution undetermined. 



29. Clostridium paraputrificum (Bien- 

 stock) Snyder. (Art V, Bienstock, 

 Fortschr. d. Med., 1, 1883, 612; Bacillus 

 diapthirus Trevisan, I generi e le specie 

 delle Batteriacee, 1889, 15; Bacillus para- 

 putrificus Bienstock, Ann. Inst. Past., 

 20, 1906, 413, and Strassburger Med. Zeit., 

 3, 1906, 111; Bacillus paraputrificus coli 

 Henry, Brit. Med. Jour., 1, 1917, 763; 

 Tissierillus paraputrificus Heller, Jour. 

 Bact., 7, 1922, 27; Snyder, Jour. Bact., 

 32, 1936, 401 ; Plectridium paraputrificum 

 Prevot, Man. d. Class., etc., 1940, 160.) 

 From Latin, also putrefying. 



Probable synonyms : Kopfchenbak- 

 terien, Escherich, Fortschr. d. Med., 8, 

 1885, 515; Bacillus No. 3, Rodella, Ztschr. 

 f. Hyg., 39, 1902, 209 {Plectriclium fluxum 

 Prevot, Ann. Inst. Past., 61, 1938, 87); 

 Art XI, Hibler, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., 

 25, 1899,516 (Art IX, Hibler, Untersuch. 

 ii. d. Path. Anaer., 1908, 3 and 407; 

 Plectridium nonum Prdvot, Ann. Inst. 

 Past., 61, 1938, 88) ; Anaerobe b, Dalyell, 

 Jour. Path, and Bact., 19, 1914-15, 281; 

 Bacillus innutritus Kleinschmidt, Mo- 

 natschr. f. Kinderheilkunde, 62, 1934, 18 

 {Palmula innutrita Prevot, Ann. Inst. 

 Past., 61, 1938, 89; Acufonuis innutritus 

 Prevot, Man. d. Class., etc., 1940, 165). 



Described from Hall and Snyder, Jour. 

 Bact., 28, 1934, 181. 



Rods : 0.3 to 0.5 by 2.0 to 6.0 microns. 

 Straight or slightly curved, single, in 

 pairs, or in short chains. Ends rounded. 

 Motile with peritrichous flagella. Spores 

 oval, terminal, swelling rods. Gram- 

 positive. 



Gelatin : Not liquefied. Gas is formed. 



Blood agar surface colonies (anaerobic ) : 

 Delicate, irregular, round-topped dew- 

 drops. Non-hemolytic. 



