Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.9828

Name

Pilibacter Higashiguchi et al. 2006

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Members

species	Pilibacter termitis Higashiguchi et al. 2006

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
order Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010
family Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010
genus Pilibacter Higashiguchi et al. 2006

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Pilibacter Higashiguchi et al. 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.9828.

Source File

10.1601/tx.9828.xml


This information was last reviewed on April 28, 2009.

References

Higashiguchi DT, Husseneder C, Grace JK, Berestecky JM. Pilibacter termitis gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium from the hindgut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:15-20. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63543-0 [PubMed].