Pillotina calotermitidis

Pillotina calotermitidis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetota
Class:	Spirochaetia
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.

Further reading

• Hollande A, Gharagozlou I, Grassé PP (1967). "[Infrastructural morphology of Pillotina calotermitidis nov.gen.,no. sp., Spirochaetales in the intestine of Calotermes praecox]". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D. 265 (18): 1309–12. PMID   4967239.
• Margulis, Lynn, and Gregory Hinkle. "Large symbiotic spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina." The prokaryotes. Springer New York, 1992. 3965–3978.

External links

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