tion from salts of acetic, citric, malic and succinic acids. Sucrose, maltose, salicin, and lactic and formic acids not fermented.
Starch not hydrolyzed.
Slight growth in broth plus 3 per cent salt.
Aerobic.
Source: Isolated from water-soaked lesions on carnation leaves.
Habitat: Pathogenic on carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus.
146. Pseudomonas eriobotryae (Takimoto, 1931) Dowson, 1943. (Bacterium eriobotryae Takimoto, Jour. Plant Protect., 18, 1931, 354; Dowson, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc, 26, 1943, 10.)
e.ri.o.bo'try.ae. Gr. erium wool; Gr. botrys grape cluster; M.L. fem.noun Eriobotrya woolly grape, a generic name; M.L. gen.noun eriobotryae of Eriobotrya.
Translated by Dr. K. Togashi.
Rods 0.7 to 0.9 by 2.2 to 3.0 microns. Motile, with 1 or 2 flagella. Gram-negative.
Gelatin: Not liquefied.
Agar-plates: Colonies appear after 3 days, white or hyaline, butyrous, margins entire.
Broth: Moderately turbid; pellicle powdery; ring formed.
Milk: No coagulation, peptonized slowly. Alkaline.
Nitrites not produced from nitrates.
Indole not produced.
Hydrogen sulfide not produced.
No acid or gas from glucose, sucrose, lactose or glycerol in broth.
Starch not hydrolyzed.
Temperature relations: Optimum between 25° and 26° C. Minimum, below 4° C. Maximum, 32° C. Thermal death point, 51° C.
Aerobic.
Source: Species isolated from loquat, Eriobotrya japonica.
Habitat: Causes a bud rot of Eriobotrya japonica.
147. Pseudomonas panicimiliacci (Ikata and Yamauchi, 1931) Săvulescu, 1947. (Bacterium panici-miliacei Ikata and Yamauchi, Jour. Plant Protect., 18, 1931, 35; Pseudomonas panici-miliacei (sic) Săvulescu. Anal. Acad. Romane, III, 22, 1947, 11.)
pa.ni.ci.mi.li.a'ce.i. L. panicum panic grass; L. adj. miliaceus pertaining to millet; Panicum miliaceum millet.
Description translated by Dr. K. Togashi.
Rods 0.8 to 1.1 by 1.8 to 2.6 microns. Motile, with a single flagellum. Gram-negative.
Gelatin: Not liquefied.
Potato-agar plates: Growth moderate, whitish, then tinged with light orange, undulating margins.
Broth: Turbid; white pellicle formed.
Milk: No coagulation and slow digestion. Alkaline.
Nitrites produced from nitrates.
Indole not produced.
Hydrogen sulfide not produced.
No acid and no gas from sucrose, glucose, lactose, glycerol or sodium nitrate.
Starch not hydrolyzed.
Optimum temperature between 30° and 35° C.
Aerobic, facultative.
Source: Species first isolated from millet, Panicum miliaceum.
Habitat: Causes a leaf stripe of Panicum miliaceum.
148. Pseudomonas saliciperda Lindeijer, 1932. (Inaug. Diss., Univ. Amsterdam, 1932; Phytopath. Ztschr., 6, 1933, 373.)
sa.li.ci.per'da. L. salix, salicis willow; L. perdo to destroy; M.L. fem.noun saliciperda willow destroyer.
Rods 1.2 to 2.1 microns in length. Motile with a polar flagellum. Gram-negative.
Gelatin: No liquefaction.
Beef wort agar colonies: Gray-white.
Milk: No acid nor coagulation.
Nitrites produced (small amount) from nitrates.
Indole production slight.
No gas from carbohydrates.
Starch not hydrolyzed.
Aerobic, facultative.
Source: Isolated from wilted branches of willow.
Habitat: Pathogenic on willow, Salix spp.
149. Pseudomonas wieringae (Elliott, 1930) Săvulescu, 1947. (Phytomonas betae Wieringa, Nederl. Tijdschr. Hyg., Microbiol, en Serol., Leiden, 2, 1927, 148; Bac-
