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According to Mattes (1927), Micrococcus ephestriae is 

 apparently a nonpathogenic inhabitant of the intestinal 

 tract of the flour moth larvae. It is an encapsulated 

 organism. 



*Mattes, 0. 1927 Parasitare Krahkheiten der Mehlmatten- 

 larven und Versuche uher ibre Verivendharkeit als 

 "biologisches Bekampfrengsmittel. Sitzungsherichte der 

 Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der gesamten Naturuvissen- 

 schaften zu Marhurg, 62, 38l- 1 +17- 



M ICROCQCCUS EPI DERMI PI s (Kligler) Hucker 



Insect concerned: Gryllohlatta campodeiformis campodei - 

 formis . 



Burroughs (19^1) isolated 3 strains of this coccus from 

 the alimentary tract of the aoove gryllohlattid. (See 

 Bergey's Manual, 5th edition, p. 255, for complete descrip- 

 tion of this coccus.) 



Burroughs, A. L. 19^1 Bacterial flora of the alimentary 

 tract of Gryllohlatta campodeiformis campodeiformis 

 Walker. Montana State College, Master's Thesis. ?7 pp. 



M 1 CR0C0CCUS FLACC I D I FEX DANA I Brown 

 (See also Gyrococcus flaccidifex . ) 



Insect concerned: The monarch "butterfly, Dana is archippus . 



Brown (1927) considered this organism to "be the cause 

 of "wilt" disease in monarch hutterfly larvae. Smears- 

 showed the "body fluid teaming with "motile cocci." Brown 

 states, "One cannot "be certain from the meager cultural 

 details given hy Glaser and Chapman (1912) of ( Gyrococcus ) 

 flaccidifex whether the present organism is specifically 

 distinct. On account of its pathological effect it seems 

 to "be closely related to flaccidifex and I am naming it as 

 a new suhspecies. I failed to find any undue gyrating of 

 the cocci in the hanging drop upon which they erect their 

 genus Gyrococcus . " 



A complete description of the organism has "been given 

 hy Brown (1927). 



*Brown, F. M. 1927 Descriptions of new hacteria found in 

 insects. Am. Mus. Novitates, Number 251, 11 pp. 



