Pelistega

Pelistega
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Alcaligenaceae
Genus:	Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998 [1]
Type species
Pelistega europaea Vandamme et al. 1998
Species
Pelistega europaea Pelistega indica Pelistega suis Pelistega ratti

Pelistega is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic bacteria in the family Alcaligenaceae. It was first described in 1998 with the type species Pelistega europaea, isolated from pigeons. ^[2]

The genus currently includes four validly published species:

• Pelistega europaea – originally isolated from pigeons with respiratory disease in Belgium and Germany. ^[2]
• Pelistega indica – originally isolated from the human gut ^[3]
• Pelistega suis – originally isolated from domestic and wild pigs ^[4]
• Pelistega ratti – originally isolated from a brown rat in China ^[5]

References

1. Parte, Albert. "Genus: Pelistega". LPSN. Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
2. Vandamme, P; Segers, P; Ryll, M; Hommez, J; Vancanneyt, M; Coopman, R; De Baere, R; Van de Peer, Y; Kersters, K; De Wachter, R; Hinz, KH (April 1998). "Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (2): 431–440. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-2-431. PMID   9731281.
3. Prakash, O; Munot, H; Nimonkar, Y; Sharma, M; Kumbhare, S; Shouche, YS (April 2014). "Description of Pelistega indica sp. nov., isolated from human gut". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt 4): 1389–1394. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.059782-0. PMID   24436068.
4. Vela, AI; Perez Sancho, M; Domínguez, L; Busse, HJ; Fernández-Garayzábal, JF (December 2015). "Pelistega suis sp. nov., isolated from domestic and wild animals". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (12): 4909–4914. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000673. PMID   26449759.
5. Zhou, X; Xuan, D; Hu, S; Du, J; Pu, J; Jin, D; Zhao, F; Yin, F; Cui, X; Huang, Y; Wang, G; Wu, Q; Lu, G; Niu, L (June 2021). "Pelistega ratti sp. nov. from Rattus norvegicus of Hainan island". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 71 (3). doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004733. PMID   33688803.