Pillotina calotermitidis

Pillotina calotermitidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Superphylum: Spirochaetes
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
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

  1. 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.

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