Catalogue of Bacteria Associated Extracellularly With Insects and Ticks (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Present-day bacterial nomenclature reserves the genus Bacillus chiefly for the gram-positive, aerobic, spore forming bacteria. In reviewing entomologic literature in particular, one repeatedly sees gram-negative, non spore-forming short rods, and occasionally even cocci referred to by the generic name Bacillus. Similarly, the generic name Bacterium has been used in referring to spore-forming bacilli.

The use of abbreviations, especially by early writers, also has been annoying. In many cases the only reference made to a generic name throughout an entire paper has been a single letter not indicating whether Bacterium or Bacillus is meant. Similarly, with the abbreviation Bac. Which one finds all too frequently. Equally con fusing is the abbreviation S. For Staphylococcus.

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