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Dux omnium optimus et sapientissimus, sed in re venerea prodigiosus.
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B. aquatilis sulcatus or B. prodigiosus -- upon the surface of the medium; or an equal depth of liquefied gelatine, which is then inoculated with the aerobic organism.
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If the filtrate is sterile, resterilise the candle and repeat the test now substituting a cultivation of B. prodigiosus -- a bacillus of smaller size.
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Some, that live upon food products, produce therein special coloring matters; such are the bacterium of blue milk, and _Micrococcus prodigiosus_ (Fig. 2, I.), a red alga that lives upon bread and forms those bloody spots that were formerly considered by the superstitious as the precursors of great calamities.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 Various
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In the case of the scarlet and crimson red pigments of _B. prodigiosus_, _B. ruber_, &c., the violet of _B. violacens_, _B janthinus_, &c., the red-purple of the sulphur bacteria, and indeed most bacterial pigments, solution in water does not occur, though alcohol extracts the colour readily.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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There are also two pigment forming bacteria, _Micrococcus prodigiosus, _ which produces intensely red spots, and the yellow micrococcus of osteomyelitis.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 Various
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The most important is the well-known _B. prodigiosus_.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying 1910
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In a number of cases [18] such experiments have been made with various saprophytic forms, such as _B. prodigiosus_, lactic acid bacilli and others.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying 1910
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