Note 34 — Chapter II
Reading edition
In their studies on Leben in the Annales de l'Institut Pasteur of 1899, Rist and Khoury, in speaking of the amount of lactic acid produced by Streptobacillus lebenis in milk, say "Nous avons mesuré cette acidité dans une culture sur petit lait de vingt-quatre heures; elle était .261 grms. per cent. exprimée en acide lactique," which will make the amount of lactic acid produced in one litre of milk 2.61 grms. The production of this small amount of lactic acid does not tally with the ordinary view of the vigorous lactic-acid-producing power of the bacillus.