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Aerobacter bombycis Bergey et al. 

 (See Proteus "bombycis . ) 



Insect concerned: The silkworm, Bombyx mori. 



Glaser (192*0 isolated and described this organism from 

 diseased silkworms "but he did not name it. Bergey et al . 

 named it Aerohacter "bombycis in iDoth the 3^ and ^-th edi- 

 tions of the Manual (3d ed. , 1930, p. 33^-; ^th ed. , 193^, 

 p. 3^5) • In the edition (see p. h^6) the organism has 

 iDeen called Proteus hombycis Bergey et al. Lehmann (1931) 

 named the organism Bacterium Tpombycivorum . 



Glaser, R. W. 192^- A hacterial disease of silkworms. 



J. Bact., 9, 339-352. 

 Lehmann-Neumann-Breed, 1931 Determinative Bacteriology, 



G. E. Stechert and Co., New York, 868 pp. 



Aerobacter c loacea (Jordan) Bergey et al. 



Insects concerned: The German roach, Blattella germanica; 

 the honey "bee, Apis mellifera ; the caobage "butterfly, 

 Pieris rapae ; the blister "beetles, Epicauta pennsylvanica . 

 and Epicauta cinerea , var. marginata . 



White (1906) isolated Bacillus cloacae (Aerohacter 

 iloacae ) from the intestine of the- healthy honey "bee. 



During a survey of the natural "bacterial flora of 30 

 species of insects, Steinhaus (19^1) found coliform hac- 

 teria of the Aero"bacter cloacae type in the alimentary 

 tracts of the German roach, cao"bage "butterfly, and two 

 species of "blister "beetles. 



See Bergey' s Manual (1939; 5"th ed. , page 398) for a 

 complete description of this "bacterium. 



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

 with thirty species of insects. J. Bact., k2_, 757-790. 



White, G. F. I906 The hacteria of the apiary with spe- 

 cial reference to hee diseases. U. S. Dept. Agr. , Bur. 

 Entomol., Tech. Bull. No. I 1 !, 50 pp. 



Genus : Escherichia 



