Genus Pelistega
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pelistega europaea Vandamme et al. 1998.
Etymology: Gr. n. peleia, pigeon; Gr. fem. n. stegê (or stega), roof, chamber, house; N.L. fem. n. Pelistega, refers to the bacteria living in pigeons.
Valid publication: VANDAMME (P.), SEGERS (P.), RYLL (M.), HOMMEZ (J.), VANCANNEYT (M.), COOPMAN (R.), DE BAERE (R.), VAN DE PEER (Y.), KERSTERS (K.), DE WACHTER (R.) and HINZ (K.H.): Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 431-440.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pelistega europaea Vandamme et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Hommez N57 = ATCC 700725= CCUG 39967 = CIP 105809 = CIP 105842 = LMG 10982.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y11890.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. europaea, of or belonging to Europe, because the first collection of strains was isolated in different European countries.
Valid publication: VANDAMME (P.), SEGERS (P.), RYLL (M.), HOMMEZ (J.), VANCANNEYT (M.), COOPMAN (R.), DE BAERE (R.), VAN DE PEER (Y.), KERSTERS (K.), DE WACHTER (R.) and HINZ (K.H.): Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 431-440.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pelistega indica Prakash et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HM-7=MCC 2185=DSM 27484.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF692037.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. indica, pertaining to India, the place of isolation of bacterium.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: PRAKASH, O., MUNOT, H., NIMONKAR, Y., SHARMA, M., KUMBHARE, S. and SHOUCHE, Y. S. 2014. Description of Pelistega indica sp. nov., isolated from human gut. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1389-1394.
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Pelistega suis Vela et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 3340-03=CECT 8400=CCUG 64465.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN830267.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. gen. n. suis, of the hog.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: VELA, A. I., PEREZ SANCHO, M., DOMINGUEZ, L., BUSSE, H. J. and FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL, J. F. 2015. Pelistega suis sp. nov., isolated from domestic and wild animals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4909-4914.
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