Hollandina pterotermitidis

Hollandina pterotermitidis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Hollandina
Species: H. pterotermitidis
Binomial name
Hollandina pterotermitidis
Bermudes et al. 1988

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

References

  1. ↑ Bermudes, D.; Chase, D.; Margulis, L. (1988). "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): 291–302. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-3-291. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 11542253.

Further reading

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


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