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IN 1927, Cunningham and Jenkins (Jour. Agric. Sci., Vol. 17, pp. 109–117) showed that under certain conditions the motile butyric acid bacillus is capable of producing ærobic micrococci. Studies of this organism continued during the intervening period of three years have demonstrated that it passes through a life-cycle in which at least seven distinct cell types can be distinguished—forms similar to the (1) coccoid, (2) short rod, (3) slender rod, (4) large rod, (5) dwarfed growth, (6) fungoid, and (7) large cell types of Löhnis and Smith. Of these, representatives of types 1 to 4 have been stabilised and the majority have been identified with previously described ‘species’.
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CUNNINGHAM, A. The Life-Cycle of Bac. saccharobutyricus v. Klecki. Nature 125, 168 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125168b0
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