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Bac I LLu s cereu s Frankland and Frankland 

 (See Bacillus ellenhachi) 



Insect concerned: Prodenia eridania . 



Bacillus cereus was found hy Bayers (1938) to "be the 

 cause of a septicemia in seemingly normal larvae of the 

 southern armyworm. It is described in Bergey's Manual 

 (5th ed. , p. 666). 



Bahers, F. H. 1938 A septicemia of the southern army worm 

 caused hy Bacillus cereus . Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. ; 31, 

 371-573. 



Bac 1 llu s c holerae su i s 

 Insect concerned: The honey "bee, Apis mellifera . 



White (1906) isolated Bacillus cholerae suis from the 

 intestine of the honey "bee. The organism is described. 



This organism, no doubt, is Salmonella choleraesuis Weldin 

 (Bergey's Manual, 5th ed, , p. kko) . 



White, G-. F. I906 The "bacteria of the apiary with special 

 reference to "bee diseases, U. S. Dept. Agr. , Bur. Entomol., 

 Tech. Bull. No. 1^, 50 pp. 



Bac 1 llus circulans "Group" ■ 



Insect concerned: The cecropia moth larva, Platysamia 

 cecropia . 



Steinhaus (19^1) isolated a spore-forming "bacillus which 

 prohahly belongs to the Bacillus circulans group (see 

 Bergey's Manual, 5th ed. , page 678) from the caterpillar 

 of the cecropia moth. 



Steinhaus, E. A. 19^1 A study of the "bacteria associated 

 with thirty species of insects. J. Bact. , ^+2, 757-790, 



Bac 1 llus cleon i Pi card 



Insects concerned: Temnorrhinus ( Cleonus ) mendicus ; Conor - 

 rhynchus mendicus . 



While conducting his investigations on "coccohacilli" 

 as insect parasites, Picard (1913) found a hacterium, which 

 he provisionally named Bacillus cleoni, in the diseased 



