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BAC I LLUS V 1 OLACEUS 

 (See Chromohacterium violaceum . ) 



Bac I LLU s vulgatu S Trevisan 

 (See Bacillus mesentericus . ) 



Bac i llus v ir i dans 



Insect concerned: The silkworm, Bombyx mori. 



This organism was listed "by Sawamura (1906) as patho- 

 genic to silkworm larvae when artificially infected. 



Sawamura, S. 1906 Note on "bacteria pathogenic to silk- 

 worm. Tokyo Imp. Univ. Coll. Agr. Bull. , 7, 105- 



Bac 1 llus _X_ White 

 (See Bacillus larvae. ) 



Bac I llus X White 

 (See Bacillus pluton . ) 



Insects concerned: The honey "bee, Apis mellifera ; and the 

 house fly, Musca domestica . 



During his studies on the "bacterial diseases of hees, 

 White (1912) temporarily referred to Bacillus pluton as 

 Bacillus "Y." Tehhutt. (1913) also refers to a "Bac. Y" 

 in a paper on the "bacteria of the house fly. 



Tehhutt, H. 1913 n the influence of the metamorphosis 

 of Musca domestica upon "bacteria administered in the 

 larval stage. J. Hyg. , 12, 516-526. 



White, G. F. 1912 The cause of European foulhrood. U. S, 

 Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Circ. 157, 15 pp. 



Genus : Clostridium 



C lostr I d I um botul I num Type C Bengtson 



Insects concerned: The "blue -"bottle fly, Luc ilia caesar; 

 the water "beetle, Enochrus hamiltoni. 



