TY - JOUR
AU - Levine, Max
AB - THE CORRELATION OF THE VOGES-PROSKAUER AND METHYL-RED REACTIONS IN THE COLON­ AEROGENES GROUP OF BACTERIA* MAX LEVINE From the Laboratories of the Engineering Experiment Station and the Department of Bactenology of the Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa Bacillus coli was first isolated by Escherich, from the feces of a cholera patient in 1884. It was soon recognized as a normal inhabitant of the intestinal tract of man and other animals, and for the past two decades the colon-aerogenes group of bacteria has attracted consider­ able attention from bacteriologists; particularly those interested in sanitation. Numerous attempts have been made to differentiate colon­ like bacteria from different sources by their cultural characteristics, by agglutination reactions, complement-fixation tests, pathogenicity, etc., out until very recently the results were so uniformly negative that the entire group of lactose-fermenting bacteria is held, by some, to be characteristically of intestinal origin. In routine water and milk analy­ ses the presence of colon-like organisms is regarded, by many, as an index of pollution. There is considerable evidence accumulating, how­ ever, to show that the animal intestine is not the sale and exclusive habitat of colon-like bacteria. Prescott,' in this country, and Papasotiriu," in Germany, report the presence 
TI - The Correlation of the Voges-Proskauer and Methyl-Red Reactions in the Colonaerogenes Group of Bacteria
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/18.4.358
DA - 1916-04-01
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SP - 358
EP - 367
VL - 18
IS - 4
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