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BACTER Ium TUMEFAC I ENS Smith and Towns end 

 (See Phytomonas tumefaciens . ) 



Insect concerned: Galleria mellonella . 



This organism was found in the larvae of Galleria 

 mellonella "by Metalnikov et al. (192^). It is most likely 

 the same as Phytomonas tumefaciens (see Bergey's Manual, 

 1939, 5th ed. , page 208). 



Metalnikov, S. , Kostritsky, L. , and Toumanoff, H. 192^ 

 Bacterium tumefaciens chez les chenilles de Galleria 

 mellonella . Compt. rend. Acad. Sci. , 179 , 225-227. 



BACTER I UM VISCOSUM N N - L I Q U E F AC 1 E N S 



Insect concerned: Euxoa segetum . 



Stutzer and Wsorow (1927) isolated Bacterium viscosum 

 non-1 iquefaciens from the normal pupae of the Euxoa 

 segetum . 



Stutzer, M. J. and Wsorow, W. J. 1927 IJber Infectionen 

 der Raupen der Winter saateule ( Euxoa segetum Schiff . ) 

 Centr. f . Bakt. u. Parasit. , 71, II3-I29. 



Genus : Flavohacterium 



FLAVOBACTER ) um ACIDIF1CUM Steinhaus 



Insects concerned: The grasshopper, Conocephalus fasciatus 

 var. fasciatus ; the Colorado potato "beetle, Leptinotarsa 

 decemlineata ; the cahhage "butterfly, Pieris rapae ; and an 

 unidentified lady "beetle larvae. 



Steinhaus (19^1) isolated Flavohacterium acidificum 

 from the ahove insects while studying their normal hacter- 

 ial flora. 



*Steinhaus, E. A. 19U1 A study of the "bacteria associated 

 with thirty species of insects. J. Bact. , k2, 757-790. 



