APPENDIX Cy. PUNGI 
PATHOGENIC FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH 
COCKROACHES 
Phylum THALLOPHYTA 
Class FUNGI IMPERFECTI 
Order MONILIALES 
Family MONILIACEAE 
Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius 
Disease.—Aspergillosis, an inflammatory infection of the sinuses, 
bronchi, lungs, and sometimes other parts of the body (Smith et al., 
1948). 
Natural vectors—Blatta orientalis, France (Sartory and Clerc, 
1908): Organism isolated from the insects’ intestinal contents. 
Aspergillus niger van Tieghem 
Disease—This species is predominantly saprophytic but is occa- 
sionally parasitic in the human ear (Dodge, 1935). 
Natural vectors—Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Texas (O. B. 
McShan, 1953) : Organism isolated from the feces of cockroaches col- 
lected in a grain elevator basement at the Galveston docks. 
Experimental vectors——Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898): The 
organism passed unchanged through the gut of the insects. 
Geotrichum candidum Link 
Synonymy.—Oidium lactis (Dodge, 1935). 
Disease —Geotrichosis, an infection producing lesions in the mouth, 
intestinal tract, bronchi, and lungs (Conant et al., 1954). 
Experimental vectors.—Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898): The 
organism retained its pathogenicity after passing through the gut. 
NEGATIVE FINDINGS 
The following organism was not recovered in the cockroaches’ feces 
after feeding experiments. 
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