Pilibacter

Pilibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Lactobacillales
Family:
Enterococcaceae
Genus:
Pilibacter

Higashiguchi et al. 2006[1]
Species

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]

  1. ^ a b 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.