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Genus: Sarcina 



SARC 1 NA AURANT I ACA Flugge 



Insect concerned: The honey "bee, Apis mellifera . 



Serbinow (1912) found this organism together with 

 Sarcina lutea and Bacillus me s enter icus in the dead larvae 

 of honey "bees. A complete description of Sarcina aurantiaca 

 may he found in Bergey* s Manual, 5th ed. , p. 273. 



Serbinow, I. L. 1912 Chernaia cherva. ("Black "brood" in 

 "bees. ) Vestnik Russkavo Ohstschestva pchelovodstva, No. 

 11, Nov. 1912, ^26-1+29. 



SARC I NA FLAVA DeBary 



Insect concerned: Euxoa segetum ; and the "bedhug, Cimex 

 lectularius . 



Stutzer and Wsorow (I927) isolated Sarcina flava from 

 the normal pupae of the Euxoa segetum . Steinhaus (19^1) 

 on one occasion found this organism as a fortuitous asso- 

 ciate of the "bedbug. A complete description may he found 

 in the Bergey Manual, 5th ed. , p. 272. 



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

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



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

 der Raupen der Winter saateule ( Euxoa segetum , Schiff . ) 

 Centr. f. Bakt. u. Parasit. 71, 113-129. 



SARC I NA LDTEA Schroeter* 



Insect concerned: The honey "bee, Apis mellifera . 



Serbinow (1912) in trying to determine the cause of 

 "Blackbrood" among "bees isolated Sarcina lutea from the 

 dead larvae. A complete description may he found in the 

 Bergey Manual (5th ed. , p. 272.) 



Serbinow, I. L. 1912 Chernaia Cherva. ("Black "brood" 

 in "bees. ) Vestnik Russkavo Ohstschestva pchelovodstva, 

 No. 11, Nov. 1912, J+26-U29. 



