We have examined several strains of the organism
named Bacterium anitratum by Schaub
and Hauber (1948). These strains were all typical
oxidizers of carbohydrates, such as glucose and
lactose, and not fermenters. The failure of the
organism to reduce nitrates to nitrites, while
sufficiently unusual among the fermenters to
justify the epithet "anitratum", is a fairly common
characteristic among the nonfermenters.