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 * + |Table showing the Morphological and Cultural Characters of Bacillus Dysenteriæ and the Allied Group of Micro-Organisms after Twenty-four Hours' Incubation at 37º C.
 * Organism |||Character ||Motility |||Flagella ||Glucose peptone water |||Maltose peptone water ||Lactose peptone water |||Saccharose peptone water ||Mannite peptone water |||Dexterin peptone water ||Litmus milk |||Potato ||Gelatin stab |||Indol
 * Bacillus typhosus |||Oval rods with rounded ends 2 μ x 0·6 μ ||+ |||8—12 ||A |||A ||0 |||0 ||A |||A ||A slight |||Scanty moist yellowish growth ||Slight white growth in 48 hours. No gas |||None
 * Bacillus coli* |||Oval rods 2—4 μ x 0·4. 0·6 μ ||∓ |||3—4 ||AG |||AG ||AG |||AG∓ ||AG |||AG ||$A⁄Clot$ |||Thick moist brownish growth ||Slight white growth Gas bubbles |||+
 * (Gärtner)|||Same as typhoid |||+ ||Peritrichous flagella |||AG ||AG |||0 ||0 |||AG ||AG |||$A⁄Alk.$ ||Same as typhoid |||Same as typhoid ||∓
 * Bacillus paratyphosus (A. Brion-Keyser and B. Schottmüller) |||Same as typhoid ||+ |||8—12 ||AG |||AG ||0 |||0 ||AG |||AG ||$A⁄Alk.$ ||| || |||None
 * Shiga's dysentery bacillus |||Fine rods with rounded ends 1 μ in length x 0·5 μ ||None |||None ||A |||0 ||0 |||0 ||0 |||0 ||$A⁄Alk.$ |||Thin grey growth ||Thin slimy growth |||∓
 * Flexner's dysentery bacillus ||| ||None |||None ||A |||0 ||0 |||0 ||0 |||0 ||$A⁄Alk.$ ||| || |||∓
 * Hiss and Russel's paradysentery "Y bacillus"† ||| ||None |||None ||A |||A∓ ||0 |||0 ||A |||0 ||$A⁄Alk.$ ||| || |||∓
 * colspan=7|* Produces fluorescence in neutral red glucose peptone water ||colspan=7|† In asylum dysentery, especially in Germany
 * colspan=3|A = Acid. ||colspan=3|AG = Acid and gas. ||colspan=3|0 = No change. ||colspan=4| = Acid first, alkaline after further incubation.
 * colspan=14|∓ = Variable: sometimes positive, sometimes negative.
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 * Shiga's dysentery bacillus |||Fine rods with rounded ends 1 μ in length x 0·5 μ ||None |||None ||A |||0 ||0 |||0 ||0 |||0 ||$A⁄Alk.$ |||Thin grey growth ||Thin slimy growth |||∓
 * Flexner's dysentery bacillus ||| ||None |||None ||A |||0 ||0 |||0 ||0 |||0 ||⇭⇭⇭ ||| || |||∓
 * Hiss and Russel's paradysentery "Y bacillus"† ||| ||None |||None ||A |||A∓ ||0 |||0 ||A |||0 ||⇭⇭⇭ ||| || |||∓
 * colspan=7|* Produces fluorescence in neutral red glucose peptone water ||colspan=7|† In asylum dysentery, especially in Germany
 * colspan=3|A = Acid. ||colspan=3|AG = Acid and gas. ||colspan=3|0 = No change. ||colspan=4| = Acid first, alkaline after further incubation.
 * colspan=14|∓ = Variable: sometimes positive, sometimes negative.
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 * colspan=3|A = Acid. ||colspan=3|AG = Acid and gas. ||colspan=3|0 = No change. ||colspan=4| = Acid first, alkaline after further incubation.
 * colspan=14|∓ = Variable: sometimes positive, sometimes negative.
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 * colspan=14|∓ = Variable: sometimes positive, sometimes negative.
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