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Microaerophilic Gram-positive coccus (cultivable in acid media fortified with prescribed nutritional elements) associated with beer spoilage at the wort stage.  

Ungraduated pipettes for use with rubber teats, made by drawing out the middle area of heated glass tubing into a capillary which is cut to provide two pipettes. For the use of Pasteur pipettes for quantitative measurement.  

Species capable of growth on nutrient agar, non-haemolytic on blood agar; causes haemorrhagic septicaemia and other infections in a variety of birds and animals. Can infect man. A species found in the oral cavities of cats, dogs, and other animals. It may be transmitted to humans by animal bites, and may cause cellulitis, abscesses, osteomyelitis,…

Much as Pasteurella multocida, but haemolytic. Infects cattle and sheep.  

Method for elementary bodies, alcohol fixed material being treated with Loeffler’s flagella mordant, followed by dilute carbol-fuchsin. The slide is examined by critical high power microscopy.  

A bacterium the colonies of which develop only a little colour. Term particularly used among the mycobacteria.  

The parvobacteria or small organisms. The alternative family name is Brucellaceae, and details are given under that heading.  

Test of the ability of mycobacteria to grow in a medium incorporating 500 μg/ml of the PNBA. Only tuberculosis is completely inhibited by the drug.  

Term applied to sundry late – or non-lactose-fermenting coliform organisms not classifiable as Salmonella or Shigella. Recent additions to the range of characterization tests allow differentiation of most of these strains into the Citrobacter, Bethesda-Ballerup, Escherichia, Arizona, Alkalescens-Dispar ox Providence groups.  

Chemotherapeutic agent (oral) for the treatment of tuberculosis. Employed often in conjunction with streptomycin or iso-nicotinic acid hydrazide (INAH). Bacteriostatic in action, heat stable. A drug, chemically related to aspirin, used in conjunction with isoniazid or streptomycin to treat various types of tuberculosis. It is administered by mouth and commonly causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and…