Pelistega
Genus of bacteria
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Pelistega is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic bacteria in the family Alcaligenaceae. It was first described in 1998 with the type species Pelistega europaea, isolated from pigeons.[2]
| Pelistega | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Alcaligenaceae |
| Genus: | Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pelistega europaea Vandamme et al. 1998 | |
| Species | |
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The genus currently includes four validly published species:
- Pelistega europaea – originally isolated from pigeons with respiratory disease in Belgium and Germany.[2]
- Pelistega indica – originally isolated from the human gut[3]
- Pelistega suis – originally isolated from domestic and wild pigs[4]
- Pelistega ratti – originally isolated from a brown rat in China[5]
