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VIII. Two cultures labelled suipestifer, one culture 

 labelled cholera, and three cultures labelled fowl cholera, 

 were found to be non-gas formers, approximating closely 

 to Bainbridge's variant form. The most simple conclusion 

 is that as these stains are quite easily mistaken for Gaertner 

 type, unless gas formation is noted, that this error has 

 been made by several observers. They are evidently a 

 definite enough type and widespread in distribution in pigs 

 and fowls. Whether of any pathological significance can- 

 not be said. 



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