1. The crisis in pneumonia is usually accompanied by (a) decrease in the serum antiferment; (b) the mobilization of a non-specific protease in the serum; (c) an increase in serum lipase; (d) a decrease in the non-coagulable nitrogen, and of the proteoses in the serum. 2. The crisis is associated with the beginning of an active autolysis, the latter depending on an altered relation between the f...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been found to exhibit autolysis and spontaneous secondary growth in modified Sauton medium. The phenomenon is a function of high glycerol concentration of the medium and limitation of air in test tubes. It is not a function of depletion of nutrients and is probably not a manifestation of lysogeny or spheroplast formation. The cycle of growth, autolysis, and second...