. Micro-organisms and disease. An introduction to the study of specific micro-organisms. Microorganisms. 168 :\IICRO-ORGAXISMS AND DISEASE [ch. ix mass of protoplasm not more than o'5 or o'S ju, in diameter to tliat of a cylinder or rod several times as long as it is thick. In some species ( stained tubercle-bacilli) the elements of a chain are almost spherical. There are, on the other hand, other species (t'.^T. bacillus typhosus) where the ele- ments are always rods or cylinders. In these cases of short bacilli it sometimes becomes difficult to say whether an. -Chains of Bacilli (Bacilli


. Micro-organisms and disease. An introduction to the study of specific micro-organisms. Microorganisms. 168 :\IICRO-ORGAXISMS AND DISEASE [ch. ix mass of protoplasm not more than o'5 or o'S ju, in diameter to tliat of a cylinder or rod several times as long as it is thick. In some species ( stained tubercle-bacilli) the elements of a chain are almost spherical. There are, on the other hand, other species (t'.^T. bacillus typhosus) where the ele- ments are always rods or cylinders. In these cases of short bacilli it sometimes becomes difficult to say whether an. -Chains of Bacilli (Bacilli's FilamentosL's) in a Stainkd Film individual is or is not a bacillus, but the growth of the bacilli into cylinders and leptothrix, and particularly their pjower of forming spores, is decisive, although neither of these events may happen, owing to peculiar conditions. Flagella and motility of bacilli have been treated in a former chapter, and we need therefore not specially further concern ourselves about them. Not all bacilli are capable of forming Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Klein, E. (Edward), 1844-1925. London, Macmillan and Co. , Ltd.


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