Pilibacter

Pilibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae
Genus:	Pilibacter; Higashiguchi et al. 2006
Species
	Pilibacter termitis;

Pilibacter is a genus of bacteria of the Enterococcaceae. This genus contains a single species, Pilibacter termitis, strains of which were isolated from a termite (Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki).^[1]

Bacteria in this genus have been found in the respiratory tracts of human patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.^[2]

References

1 2 Higashiguchi, D. T. (1 January 2006). "Pilibacter termitis gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium from the hindgut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (1): 15–20. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63543-0. PMID 16403859.
↑ Cui, Zelin; Zhou, Yuhua; Li, Hong; Zhang, Yan; Zhang, Shulin; Tang, Shenjie; Guo, Xiaokui (2012). "Complex sputum microbial composition in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis". BMC Microbiology. 12 (1): 276. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-12-276. PMC 3541192. PMID 23176186.

External links

LPSN entry for Pilibacter

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[Higashiguchi2006-1] 1 2 Higashiguchi, D. T. (1 January 2006). "Pilibacter termitis gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium from the hindgut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (1): 15–20. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63543-0. PMID 16403859.

[2] Cui, Zelin; Zhou, Yuhua; Li, Hong; Zhang, Yan; Zhang, Shulin; Tang, Shenjie; Guo, Xiaokui (2012). "Complex sputum microbial composition in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis". BMC Microbiology. 12 (1): 276. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-12-276. PMC 3541192. PMID 23176186.

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