FAMILY ACTIXOMYCETACEAE 



919 



From a case of pityriasis. Species 

 dubia. 



Discomyces mexicanus Boyd and 

 Crutchfield. (Boyd and Crutchfield, 

 Amer. Jour. Trop. Med., 1, 1921, 268; 

 Actinomyces mexicanus Brumpt, Precis 

 de ParasitoL, Paris, 4th ed., 1927, 1192; 

 Nocardia mexicana Ota, Jap. Jour. Derm. 

 Urol., 28, 1928.) From a mycetoma of 

 the foot. 



Discomyces minutissimus (Burchardt) 

 Brumpt. (Microsporon yjiinniissimum 

 Burchardt, in Uhle and VVagn. Pat. Gen., 

 1859; Trichotheciiun sp. J. Neumann, 

 1868; Microsporon gracile Balzer, Ann. 

 Derm. Syphiligr., II, 4, 1883, 681; Sporo- 

 trichum ?ninuiissi77ium Saccardo, Sylloge 

 Fungorum, 4, 1886, 100; Microsporoides 

 minutissimus Xeveu-Lemaire, Precis 

 ParasitoL, 1906; Brumpt, Precis de 

 ParasitoL, 1st ed., 1910, 863; Oospora 

 minutissima Ridet, Oospora et Oosporo- 

 ses, 1911, 68; Nocardia minutissima 

 Verdun, Precis parasitoL, 1912; Acti- 

 nomyces minutissimus Brumpt, ibid., 

 4th ed., 1927, 1199.) Reported as the 

 etiological agent of erythrasma. 



Mycobacterium alluvialum Bergej' et 

 al. (Kersten, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., 

 Orig., 51, 1909, 494; Bergey et aL, Manual, 

 1st ed., 1923, 379.) From soil. 



Mycobacterium convolutum Gray and 

 Thornton. (Gray and Thornton, Cent, 

 f. Bakt., II Abt., 73, 1928, 87; Actinomy- 

 ces convolutus Bergey et al., Manual, 3rd 

 ed., 1930, 473.) From soil. Resembles 

 Nocardia opaca. 



Nocardia arborescens (Edington) 

 Trevisan. {Bacillus arborescens Eding- 

 ton, Brit. Med. Jour., June 11, 1887, 

 1262; Trevisan, I generi e le specie delle 

 Batteriacee, 1889, 9; Actinomyces arbores- 

 cens Gasperini, Cent. f. Bakt., 15, 1894, 

 684.) From human skin in cases of 

 scarlatina. 



Nocardia bahiensis da Silva. (Da 

 Silva, Brasil Med., 33, 1919, 81 and Mem. 

 Inst. Butantan, 1, 1918-1919, 187, Dis- 

 comyces bahiensis Neveu-Lemaire, Precis 

 de ParasitoL Hmn., oth ed., 1921, 44; 



Oospora bahiensis Sartory, Champ. 

 Paras. Homme et Anim., 1923, 784; 

 Actinomyces bahiensis Brumpt, Precis 

 de ParasitoL, 4th ed., 1927, 1195.) From 

 an actinomycotic mycetoma in Brazil. 



Nocardia berestneffi Clialmers and 

 Christopherson. (Streptothrix cas I, 

 II, Berestneff, Inaug. Diss., Moscow, 

 1897; Chalmers and Christopherson, 

 Ann. Trop. ]Med. and ParasitoL, 10, 

 1916, 263; Discomyces berestneffi. Brumpt, 

 Precis de ParasitoL, Paris, 3rd ed., 1922, 

 992; Actinomyces berestneffl Sartory and 

 Bailly, Mycoses pulmonaires, 1923, 256.) 

 From a case of pulmonary pseudotuber- 

 culosis. 



Nocardia bicolor (Trolldenier) de Mello 

 and Fernandes. {Actinomyces bicolor 

 Trolldenier, Ztschr. f. Tiermedizin, 7, 

 1903, 81; de Mello and Fernandes, Mem. 

 Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 7, 1919, 106.) 

 Found in cerebromeningitis, bronchitis 

 and lymphadenitis in a dog. 



Nocardia convoluta Chalmers and 

 Christopherson. (Chalmers and Chris- 

 topherson, Ann. Trop. Med. and Parasit., 

 10, 1916, 257; Discomyces convolutus 

 Xeveu-Lemaire, Precis ParasitoL Hum., 

 5th ed., 1921, 44; Oospora convoluta 

 Sartory, Champ. Paras. Homme et 

 Anim., 1923, 769; Actinomyces convolutus 

 Brumpt, Precis de ParasitoL, Paris, 4th 

 ed., 1927, 1195.) From a yellow grain 

 mycetoma of the foot in the Sudan. 



Nocardia cylindracea de Korte. (De 

 Korte, Ann. Trop. Med. Parasit., 11, 

 1918, 205; Discomyces cylindraceus 

 Neveu-Lemaire, Precis ParasitoL Hum., 

 oth ed., 1921, 44; Oospora cylindracea 

 Sartor}', Champ. Paras. Homme et 

 Anim., 1923, 774; Actinomyces cylindra- 

 ceus Brumpt, Precis de Parasitologic, 

 Paris, 4th ed., 1927, 1206.) From an 

 infection of the outer ear, resembling 

 mycetoma. 



Nocardia enteritidis (Pottien) Castel- 

 lan! and Chalmers. {Streptothrix enteri- 

 tidis Pottien, 1902, according to San- 

 felice, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 36, 



