The Biotic Associations of CockroachesRoth, Louis M. (Louis Marcus)
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The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Roth, Louis M. (Louis Marcus)
Cockroaches; Insects -- Ecology
_Experimental vectors._--_Periplaneta americana_, U.S.A. (Ruhland and
Huddleson, 1941).
=Fusiformis lophomonadis= Grassé
_Habitat._--Surface of a flagellate (_Lophomonas striata_) which lives
in the intestine of cockroaches (Breed et al., 1948; Grassé 1926,
1926a).
* =Malleomyces mallei= (Zopf) Pribram
_Experimental vectors._--_Blatta orientalis_, Italy (Cao, 1898).
* =Pasteurella multocida= (Lehmann and Neumann) Rosenbusch and Merchant
_Experimental vectors._--_Blatta orientalis_, Germany (Küster, 1902,
1903); Italy (Cao, 1906).
* =Pasteurella pestis= (Lehmann and Neumann) Holland
_Natural vectors._--_Blatta orientalis_, Hongkong (Hunter, 1906).
_Experimental vectors._--_Blatta orientalis_, Italy (Cao, 1898); Germany
(Küster, 1903).
_Blattella germanica_, Germany (Jettmar, 1927).
_Leucophaea maderae_ and _Periplaneta americana_, Philippine Islands
(Barber, 1912).
Family BACTERIACEAE
[cross] =Bacterium alkaligenes= Nyberg
_Natural vectors._--_Periplaneta americana?_ ("_Blatella americana_"),
England (Shrewsbury and Barson, 1948): From intestinal tract.
[cross] =Bacterium delendae-muscae= Roubaud and Descazeaux
_Source._--Diseased fly larvae.
_Experimental infection._--Cockroach, France (Roubaud and Descazeaux,
1923): Organism pathogenic to cockroach when injected.
=Bacterium haemophosphoreum= Pfeiffer and Stammer
_Habitat._--Diseased larvae of _Mamestra oleracea_.
_Experimental infection._--_Blatta orientalis_ and _Blattella
germanica_, Germany (Pfeiffer and Stammer, 1931): Organism pathogenic,
when injected, to eight _B. orientalis_ and two _B. germanica_.
=Coccobacillus cajae= Picard and Blanc
_Experimental host._--_Blatta orientalis_, France (Picard and Blanc,
1913): The organism was pathogenic to _B. orientalis_ when injected.
Family BACILLACEAE
* =Bacillus anthracis= Cohen emend. Koch
_Experimental vectors._--_Blatta orientalis_, Italy (Cao, 1898, 1906);
Germany (Küster, 1903).
[cross] =Bacillus bütschlii= Schaudinn
_Habitat._--_Blatta orientalis_, Germany (Schaudinn, 1902): Isolated
from intestinal tract. Three percent of the cockroaches from Berlin
bakeries were infected.
=Bacillus cereus= Frankland and Frankland
_Synonymy._--_Bacillus albolactis._
_Habitat._--Soil, dust, milk, plants.
_Natural vectors._--_Blaberus craniifer_, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949):
From feces.
_Periplaneta americana_, U.S.A. (Hatcher, 1939): In feces.
_Experimental host._--_Periplaneta americana_, U.S.A. (Babers, 1938):
The cockroaches died within 96 hours after being injected with 10^{-3}
ml. of a 24-hour broth culture.
=Bacillus circulans= Jordan
_Habitat._--Soil, water, dust.
_Natural vectors._--_Blattella germanica_, U.S.A. (Janssen and Wedberg,
1952): From intestine and feces.
[cross] =Bacillus flacheriae= (Hoffman)
_Source._--Diseased nun moth larvae.
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