Pillotina calotermitidis
| Pillotina calotermitidis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
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| Class: | Spirochaetia |
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| Genus: | Pillotina |
| Species: | P. calotermitidis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pillotina calotermitidis Bermudes et al. 1988 | |
Pillotina calotermitidis is a species of spirochete that is symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites, the type species of its genus.[1]
References
- ↑ Bermudes, D.; Chase, D.; Margulis, L. (1988). "Morphology as a Basis for Taxonomy of Large Spirochetes Symbiotic in Wood-Eating Cockroaches and Termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina pterotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Clevelandina reticulitermitidis gen. nov., sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (3): 291–302. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-3-291. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 11542253.
Further reading
- Hollande A, Gharagozlou I, Grassé PP (1967). "[Infrastructural morphology of Pillotina calotermitidis nov.gen.,no. sp., Spirochaetales in the intestine of Calotermes praecox]". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D. 265 (18): 1309–12. PMID 4967239.
- Margulis, Lynn, and Gregory Hinkle. "Large symbiotic spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina." The prokaryotes. Springer New York, 1992. 3965–3978.
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