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Staphylococcus muscae Glaser 

 Insect concerned: The house . fly, Musca domes tica . 



Glaser (192*4-) isolated and named S taphy 1 o c o c cus muscae . 

 He found it to "be the cause of a fatal infection in the 

 house fly. The disease is rather sporadic and never 

 assumes the form of an epidemic, only ahout 50 per cent 

 of adult flies contracting the infection when experimentally 

 infected. Males were more susceptible than females. 



A complete description of. the organism may he found in 

 Bergey's Manual, 5"th ed. , p. 2.6k. 



*Glaser, R. W. 192^ A "bacterial disease of adult house 

 flies. Am. J. Hyg. , k, ^11-^15. 



Staphylococcus paijvulus Veillon and Zuber 

 (See Micrococcus parvulus . ) 



StAPHYLQCQCCLTS PYOGENES; AUREUS 

 (See S taphy 1 o c o c cus aureus . ) 



Family: NEISSER IACEAE 

 Genus : Neisseria 



Nea SSER1 A CATARRHAL! S (Frosch and Kolle) Holland 



Tick concerned: Argas persicus . 



Duncan (1926) found the gut-contents of Argas persicus 

 possessed a "bactericidal principle active against Micro - 

 coccus catarrhalis ( Neisseria catarrhal i s ) and other "bacteria, 

 (For complete description see Bergey's Manual, 5th edition, 

 p. 280.) 



Duncan, J. T. 1926 On a "bactericidal principle present 

 in the alimentary canal of insects and arachnids. Para- 

 sitol., 18, 238-252. 



Ne 1 SSER j A LUC I L I ARUM Brown 

 Insect concerned: The green fly, Luc ilia sericata. 



