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Genus of bacteria

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

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

References

  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. PMC 3541192. PMID 23176186.

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