SEA- FISHERIES LABORATORY. 



Table I. 

 Reactions of 197 organisms isolated from Mussels. 



125 



© 



IB 



o 



o 



s 



© 



00 



O 



i 



to 



© 



a 



o 



© 



'3 



'3 

 o 



3 



13 

 a 



1 



© 

 'o 



a 



Vosges and 



Proskauer 



reaction. 



S 



CO 



© 



G 

 © 

 o 





Name. 



+ 



+ 



- 



- 



- 



- 



+ 



- 



47 



24 



1 



f B. griinthal group. 

 I B. vesiculosus. 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



+ 



— 



+ 



— 



20 



10 



2 



MacConkey's Nos. 100, 

 101. 



+ 



+ 



- 



- 



+ 



— 



+ 



- 



18 



9 



3 



B. acidi lactici. 



+ 



+ 



- 



+ 



- 



- 



+ 



- 



14 



7 



4 



(B. coli communis. 

 1 B. cavicida. 

 IB. lactis aerogenes. 

 -1 B. dysenteriae. 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



+ 



— 



— 



+ 



12 



6 



5 

























\ B. capsulatus. 



+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



— 



+ 



— 



9 



4 



6 



B. neapolitanus. 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



— 



+ 



8 



4 



7 



B. cloacae. 



+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



+ 



+ 



8 



4 



8 





+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



7 



3 



9 





+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



— 



7 



3 



10 





+ 



+ 



+ 













6 



3 



11 





+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



— 



+ 



5 



3 



12 





+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



+ 



— 



5 



3 



13 





+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



+ 



— 



4 



2 



14 



B. coscordba. 



+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



3 



1 



15 



B. rhinoscleroma. 



+ 



+ 



+ 



- 



+ 



— 



+ 



+ 



2 



1 



16 





+ 



+ 



— 



+ 



+ 



— 





— 



2 



1 



17 





+ 



+ 



— 



— 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



1 





18 





+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



+ 



1 





19 





+ 



+ 



— 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



+ 



1 





20 





+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



— 



— 



+ 



+ 



1 





21 





+ 



+ 













+ 



1 





22 





+ 



+ 



— 



— 



— 



— 



+ 



+ 



1 





23 





+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 



- 



+ 





- 



1 





24 





Include also 13 organisms which do not ferment both glucose and lactose. 



Table I shows that 37 distinct organisms have been 

 separated out from the 200 isolated, that is, " distinct " if we 

 are to understand that the presence or absence of the reaction 

 with any one of the test substances used implies specific 

 distinctness. It is impossible to say yet whether or not this 

 is the case. If it is regarded as essential to being Bacillus coli 

 that an organism should ferment glucose and lactose, it can 

 also be urged that the ability to ferment any one of the other 



