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Flavobacter i um chlorum Steinhaus 



Insect concerned: The nine-spotted lady "beetle, Coccinella 

 novemnotata . 



This "bacterium was isolated from the alimentary tract 

 of the nine-spotted lady "beetle "by Steinhaus (19^1). 



*Steinhaus, E. A. 19^-1 A study of the "bacteria asso- 

 ciated with thirty species of insects. J. Bact. , h-2 , 

 757-790. 



Flavobacter i um devorans (Zimmermann) 

 Bergey et al. 



Insect concerned: Coccinella novemnotata . 



Steinhaus (19^1) found a species of "bacteria very 

 similar to Flavobacter ium devorans in the alimentary 

 tract of Coccinella novemnotata collected in nature. A 

 description of this organism, may "be found in Bergey's 

 Manual (1939, 5th ed. , page 528). 



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

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



Flavobacter i um fermentans (von Wolzogen Kiihr) 

 Bergey et al. 



Insect concerned: The midge, Chironomus plumosus . 



This organism, isolated from the larvae of the midge, 

 Chironomus plumosus , called Pseudomonas fermentans "by 

 von Wolzogen Kiihr (1932) and is so designated in the 5th 

 edition of Bergey's Manual, 1939, page 6l2. However, in 

 1+th edition of Bergey's Manual, 193^, 155, the organism 

 was named Flavoliacterium fermentans . A complete descrip- 

 tion of this organism may tie found in either of these 

 two editions of Bergey's Manual. 



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von Wolzogen Kiihr, C. A. H. 1932 Uber eine Garungsmikrooe 



in Fakalien von Miickenlarven. Cent, f . Bakt. u. Para- . 

 sitenk. , II Abt. , 85, 223-250. 



