Aerobacter aerogenes (Kruse) Beijerinck
Synonymy.—Bacillus lactis aerogenes.
Habitat.—Grains, plants, intestinal tract of man and other animals.
Natural vectors.—Blaberus craniifer, U.S.A. (Wedberg et al., 1949): Isolated from feces.
Blatta orientalis, Poland (Nicewicz et al., 1946): Isolated from intestinal tract.
Blattella germanica, on shipboard (Morrell, 1911): Isolated from feces.
Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Bitter and Williams, 1949): Isolated from intestinal tract.
Cockroaches [presumably Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica and/or Periplaneta americana], Egypt (El-Kholy and Gohar, 1945): Isolated from outer surface of body, intestinal tract, and suspensions of macerated whole insects.