| Pelistega | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| 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 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]
