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FUNGI IMPERFECTI 



Nocardia pijperi Castellani and Chalmers, 1919. 



Discovered and described by Pijper in a case of chronic bronchitis 

 in South Africa. The fungus is non-motile, Gram-positive, not 

 acid-fast. It grows on agar, giving rise to small whitish colonies, 

 becoming visible after forty-eight to seventy-two hours. The 

 colonies increase in size, slowly becoming hard like cartilage, and 

 very adherent to the medium. The surface is crinkled. The fungus 

 does not grow on gelatine nor on Sabouraud's maltose agar. Broth 

 remains clear, growth taking place at the bottom. 



The fungus can be grown also anaerobically. It is pathogenic to 

 guinea-pigs by intraperitoneal injection. Nodules develop on the 

 peritoneum, consisting of an outer wall of epithehoid cells and leuco- 

 cytes surrounding a cavity filled with fluid, in which asteroid 

 colonies of the fungus are found. 



Nocardia Candida Petruschky, 1901. 



Found in sputum. 



Nocardia aurea Du Bois St.-Severin, 1902. 

 Found in a case of ulcerative conjunctivitis. 



Nocardia odorifera RuUman and Perutz, 1898. 



Found by Rullmann in a case of chronic bronchitis. Merely a synonym 

 of N . chromogena Gasperini. 



Nocardia liquefaciens Hesse, 1892. 

 Synonym. — Cladothrix liquefaciens Hesse, 1892. 



Gives rise to white colonies on gelatine, and later liquefies the medium. 

 Was isolated from a case of actinomycosis. Liquefies serum. 



Nocardia ponceti Verdun, 19 12. 

 Not cultivable on agar or gelatine. Grows well on serum, where it takes a 

 bacillary-like form. Found by Moorhof, Dor, and Poncet in a case of myo- 

 mycosis resembling actinomycosis. 



Nocardia fusca Karwacki, 191 1. 



Isolated by Karwacki from the sputum of a tubercular patient. Dark 

 yellowish colour. 



Nocardia luteola Foulerton and Jones. 

 Found in a case of purulent conjunctivitis. 



Nocardia carnea Rossi-Doria, 1891. 

 Isolated by Baldoni from a case of chronic bronchitis. Red colonies. 



Nocardia garteni Brumpt, 19 10. 

 Synonyms. — Cladothrix liquefaciens No. 2 Garten, 1895; Discomyces garteni 

 Brumpt, 1910. 



Liquefies gelatine. On potatoes gives rise to white colonies, while the 

 medium takes a greenish colour. Was isolated from a case of actinomycosis. 



Nocardia enteritidis Pottien, 1902. 

 Found in cases of enteritis by Pottien. 



