Pillotina calotermitidis explained

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

Further reading

• Hollande A, Gharagozlou I, Grassé PP . [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 . 1967 . 265 . 18 . 1309–12 . 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

• LPSN

Notes and References

1. Bermudes. D.. Chase. D.. Margulis. L.. 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.