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TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



2nd Analysis. 



On this occasion only one sample of mussels was 

 collected. The boats were working down below Deganwy 

 and we obtained a freshly raked sample from one of them. 

 Ten mussels were examined as before, with the following 

 results : — 



Mussel. 



No. of " colon-like " 

 colonies. 



No. of white 

 colonies. 



Enteritidis 

 reaction. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



. . . 29, 1 large patch 

 . . . 62, several patches 

 ... 51, large fused patch ... 

 ... 22 















17, several 



... + 



5 

 6 



7 

 8 



. . . 50, 1 patch 

 ... 19, 1 patch 

 . .. 41, several patches 

 . . . 48, some fused 

 streaks 



patches 

 2 

 1 

 

 



... + 



9 

 10 



. . . 22, several patches 

 . . . 34, several large 

 patches 





 



... + 



Subcultures of these colonies gave the following 

 results : — 



2nd Analysis. 



Results of Tertiary Subcultures from Primary 

 Plates. 



[ussel. 



Bile-salt. 



Glucose. 



Lactose. Mannose. C 



)ane sugar. Milk. 



1 .. 



ag 



.. ag . 



. ag .. 



ag •• 



ag 



.. a c . 



2 .. 



ag 



.. ag . 



• ag .. 



ag .. 







.. a c . 



3 .. 



ag 



.. ag . 



. ag .. 



ag .. 



a 



.. a c . 



4 .. 



a 



a . 



. o .. 



a .. 



a 



.. a . 



5 .. 



a 



a . 



. o .. 



o .. 







.. o . 



6 .. 



ag 



.. ag . 



• ag .. 



ag •• 







.. a c . 



7 .. 



a 



a . 



. a .. 



a .. 



a 



.. a c . 



8 .. 



ag 



•• ag . 



. ag .. 



ag .. 







.. a c . 



10 .. 



ag 



.. ag . 



. a g .. 



ag .. 



a 



. . a c . 



Motility. 



- + 



•• + 



•• + 



.. + 



..? + 



•• + 



■• + 



.. + 



•• + 



