milky disease

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milky disease [′mil·kē di‚zēz]

(invertebrate zoology)

A bacterial disease of Japanese beetle larvae or related grubs caused byBacillus papilliaeandB. lentimorbusthat penetrate the intestine and sporulate in the body cavity; blood of the grub eventually turns milky white.

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