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    Pilibacter

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Genus of bacteria

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

    Higashiguchi et al. 2006[1]
    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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. PMID 23176186. 

    External links

    See also Wikidata entry Q20721305.




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