Contributions to the Biochemistry of Pathogenic Anaerobes. III. The effect of Acids on the Growth of <i>Bacillus Welchii</i> (<i>B. perfringens</i>) and <i>Bacillus sporogenes</i> (Metchnikoff)

Abstract

In our first paper [1917] on the growth of pathogenic anaerobes we showed that growth of the bacillus of Welch ceased at a very definite hydrogen ion concentration when the organism was inoculated into milk. We also referred to the possibility of the inhibiting action of acids having a certain clinical interest in the treatment of infection by these bacteria.