I08 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL, I4I 



Natural vectors. — Blatta orientalis, Italy (Spinelli and Reitano, 

 1932); Germany (Jettmar, 1935). 



Blattella germanica, Germany (Jettmar, 1935). 



Experimental vectors. — Blattella germanica, on shipboard (Mor- 

 rell, 191 1 ) ; Germany (VoUbrechtshausen, 1953). 



Micrococcus sp. 



Natural vectors. — Periplaneta americana? {"Blatella americana"), 

 England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948) : From intestinal tract. 



fSarcina alba Zimmermann 



Habitat. — Water. 



Natural and experimental vectors. — Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao 

 1898, 1906) : From intestinal contents. 



Sarcina aurantiaca Flugge 



Habitat. — Air and water. 



Experimental vectors. — Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906) : Intes- 

 tinal contents. 



Sarcina lutea Schroeter 



Habitat. — Air, soil, water, skin surfaces. 



Experimental vectors. — Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1906) : From 

 intestinal contents. 



t Sarcina symbiotica Pribram 



Habitat. — Oothecae of Blatta orientalis and/or Blattella germanica, 

 Germany (Gropengiesser, 1925) : It was described as "eine gelbe 

 Sarcina" ; Pribram (1933) named the organism. 



Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 



Habitat. — Garden soil, dust, mud ; isolated from a diseased stomach. 

 Natural vectors. — Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946) : 

 From intestinal tract. 



Sarcina sp. 



Natural and experimental vectors. — Periplaneta americana, U.S,A, 

 (Gier, 1947) : Organism not pathogenic to the cockroach when in- 

 jected. 



fSarcina sp. 



Synonymy. — Sarcina "blanche" of Sartory and Clerc. 

 Natural vectors. — Blatta orientalis, France (Sartory and Clerc, 

 1908) : Isolated from intestinal tract. 



