On the Relationship between Bacillus pestis and Bacillus pseudotuberculosis rodentium (Pfeiffer)

1 January 1908

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection

Vol. 8 (3) , 335-341
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400003387

Abstract

(1) Morphologically and culturally the Bacillus pseudotuberculosis rodentium (Pfeiffer) bears a strong resemblance to B. pestis.(2) The filtrate from an autolysed agar culture of B. pseudotuberculosis rodentium (Pfeiffer) and a similar filtrate from a B. pestis culture both gave a precipitin reaction with pest serum.(3) It has been found possible to immunise both guinea-pigs and rats against plague by means of inoculations of cultures of B. pseudotuberculosis rodentium (Pfeiffer), and this immunity lasted in many cases at least six months.

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Lactose-Fermenting Bacteria in Faeces
Epidemiology and Infection, 1905