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Proteus i nsect i colens Steinhaus 



Insect concerned: The milkweed "bug, Oncafreltus fasciatus . 



Steinhaua (19^1) isolated this species from the four 

 stomachs of the milkweed hug. 



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

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



Proteus n c t u a rum Bergey et al. 

 See Bacillus noctuarum and Bacillus sphingidis . ) 



Proteus photur i s Brown 



Insect concerned: The firefly, Photur is pennsylranicus . 



Brown (1927) isolated this organism from the luminous 

 organ of fireflies. He states that the organism appears 

 to "be a normal symbiotic inhaMtant of that organ. A com- 

 plete description of the organism has "been given "by Brown. 



*Brown, F. M. I927 Description of new species of "bacteria 

 found in insects. Am. Mus. Novit. , No. 251, 11 pp. 



Proteus rect i colens Steinhaus 



Insect concerned: The milkweed "bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus . 



The pylorus and rectum of the milkweed "bug were found 

 "by Steinhaus (19^1) to contain large numbers of this 

 "bacterium as part of its normal flora. 



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

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



Proteus sph i ng 1 d i s Bergey et al. 

 (See Bacillus sphingidis . ) 



Proteus vulgar i s Hauser 



Insect concerned: The cockroach, prohahly Periplaneta 

 orientalis; the "bee moth, Galleria mellonella. 



