Hollandina pterotermitidis explained

Hollandina pterotermitidis is a species of spirochete that is symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites, the type species of its genus.^[1]

Further reading

• Book: Noel R. Krieg. Aidan Parte. Wolfgang Ludwig . William B. Whitman . Brian P. Hedlund . Bruce J. Paster . James T. Staley . Naomi Ward . Daniel Brown. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes. 4 February 2011. Springer. 978-0-387-68572-4. 565–.
• Book: Faculty of Pure and Applied Science York University Jan Sapp Department of Biology. Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution : Concepts and Controversies: Concepts and Controversies. 2 February 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-803777-4. 321–.
• Margulis, Lynn, and Gregory Hinkle. "Large symbiotic spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina." The prokaryotes. Springer New York, 1992. 3965–3978.

External links

• LPSN

Notes and References

1. Bermudes. D.. Chase. D.. Margulis. L.. Lynn Margulis. 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. 1988. 291–302. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-38-3-291. 11542253. free.