Aerobic bacteria occurring in the hind-gut of the cockroach, Blatta orientalis.

The Journal of hygiene ·Vol. 71 ·No. 1 ·1973-03-00 ·Pages 1-7

Burgess NR, McDermott SN, Whiting J

Abstract

Methods are described for the isolation and identification of aerobic bacteria occurring naturally in the hind-gut of the cockroach Blatta orientalis captured from a number of wild sources, to establish whether or not human pathogens occurred naturally within the gut. During the investigation an organism was frequently found which could not be classified in any described species, and for which we propose the name Escherichia blattae.

MeSH Terms

Aerobiosis Animals Bacillus/isolation & purification Bacteria/isolation & purification Cockroaches Digestive System/microbiology Enterobacteriaceae/isolation & purification Escherichia/isolation & purification,metabolism Escherichia coli/metabolism Insect Vectors Micrococcus/isolation & purification Staphylococcus/isolation & purification Streptococcus/isolation & purification

Authors & Affiliations

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Burgess N R

McDermott S N

Whiting J

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Article Info

Journal

The Journal of hygiene

Abbr.

J Hyg (Lond)

ISSN

0022-1724

DOI

10.1017/s0022172400046155

Published

1973-03-00

Pages

1-7

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0375374

PMCID

PMC2130441

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400046155 PMC Full Text View journal details

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